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  1. Ignacio

    backwater (or alternative) questions

    I am sorry if this is in the wrong place. I've been thinking about adding a second turtle to my 75 G tank for about a year now, I heard both horrible and great things about backwater but I decided to check out their website anyway, their flat shipping and mostly reasonable prices made me decide...
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    Multicolor leaf hibiscus

    Hi, how is everyone doing? I haven't been active online in a long time but I wanted to make sure this type of hibiscus is safe like the common green leaf ones. I moved to Florida a little under a year ago and obviously Max (Russian tort), Demo (the dog) and Boxie (turtle) came with me. During...
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    new babies i didn't plan for

    So today was a really weird f*** up day. My mom showed interest on getting a small tort after seeing Maxx a while back, last week I got a call from my cousin (we are like brothers) asking if Mondays and Tuesdays were still my work from home days, then last night I got call saying he bought a...
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    chayote leaves

    My sister brought me a bag full of chayote leaves, is it safe to feed? i haven't been able to find anything about it. All i find is info about the fruit but not the leaves.They are in the same family as squash and cucumbers, has anyone ever fed them to torts? I know they aren't toxic to humans...
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    Northern California, central valley

    Hey guys, as i mentioned in my intro post I'm moving to the valley sometime in the next few months, my question is how you guys that live in the area deal with your torts and/or box turtles during the winter, can they be left outside to hibernate? is there too much rain to do that? or will i...
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    CDT in the not so near future

    Hey guys, Well here’s my 3rd post in one day lol. Main reason I’m posting this is because after reading my previous post I saw that it does make me sound like an, well the softer word to describe me would be, jerk (sorry for the language) for asking people not to reply if they didn’t have...
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    getting ready for a hatchling

    Hi, not that new to adult care of torts but I’m planning on getting an Eastern BT hatchling from ATC (research done please don’t share your experiences with them if you already did somewhere else in the forum, chances are I already read them and wont be adding any new information). I already...
  8. Ignacio

    finally saying hello

    “Long time listener, first time caller” And after my failed attempt to be funny let me introduce myself. My name is Ignacio, from California, former military, turned 30 last week, student, photographer and my life partner for last almost 2.5 years has been a WC Russian tort. I got Maxx (the...
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