I've posted a new blog on my website:
Tortoises Through the Eyes of a Biologist: What Can Wild Tortoises Tell Us About Our Pets? Part I - Evolutionary History
Over a four-part series of blogs, I discuss aspects of the biology of wild tortoises – including evolutionary history, life history...
A new book on the Gopherus tortoises - Biology and Conservation of North American Tortoises - will be available on July 3rd, 2014 from amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1421413779/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20). Providing the first comprehensive treatment of North America’s tortoises, Biology and...
I'm very excited about the new addition to my family - a hatchling Forsten's tortoise from ATC! I'm especially impressed with the size of this hatchling - his carapace length is around 65 mm..
Here I go with more shameless self-promotion ;-)
http://chelonologist.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/michel-tuma-collects-first-dna-samples-from-pancake-tortoises-in-east-africa/
I'm offering two yearling Dalmatian tortoises (Testudo hermanni hercegovinensis). These are CB2010 animals that were produced by Bill Curtis, and are the F1 offspring of farm-raised adults imported from Slovenia. Each are very healthy, active, and great eaters. Lately they've been enjoying the...
I have a four-year old western Hermann's tortoise (from HermanniChris) that was incubated for female, and at just over four inches shows female characteristics. Today I found her mounting a female marginated tortoise and simulating copulation with her, bumping her shell and even letting out...
Hey all,
I'm taking a break from studying to pose a question I've been pondering. I'm wondering what everyone's favorite tortoise species is for personality. My top three are:
Desert tortoise
Hermann's tortoise
Bell's hingeback tortoise
These guys make me smile on a daily basis...
I'm caring for a friend's reptiles while he's overseas on vacation. Tonight his female leopard tortoise laid eggs in his back yard (in a nest I watched her dig and deposit her clutch in). Here's my question: do I leave the eggs to incubate in the ground or should I dig them up and incubate them...
I have a subadult male leopard tortoise for sale. He is just over 8 inches in length and is a happy, healthy, and heavy boy. I'd prefer local pick-up in southern California. I'll also be attending the Pasadena Reptile Show this weekend and can bring him if anyone is interested. Asking $200.00.
I've kept a number of different tortoise species, but it seems my radiated hatchling is much sleepier than any of my other tortoises, which I also raised from hatchlings. I know all hatchlings are sleepy to a certain extent, but my radiated seems SUPER sleepy compared to the others. He appears...
My new pancake, chillin' in his new home. His enclosure is full of rock caves and crevices, and believe me - he's taking advantage of the hiding opportunities![hr]
Lemme try adding that photo again...
Can anyone refer me to some threads here that depict a portable wire pen to place in the yard to allow tortoises grazing opportunities? I have a friend that needs to get their tortoise out for 'walks' in the yard, and I want to show them a pen design. Something portable that can be positioned...