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    Looking for a baby Indian Star, Southern California

    Located in San Diego, finally have the time and space to dedicate to another tortoise. Looking for an Indian Star, willing to buy from outside of CA too. PM me. Thank you.
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    WTB: Indian Star Hatchling

    Finally have the the space and time for another tortoise. Looking for an Indian Star hatching, either local (SoCal) or someone willing to ship. Please PM me with the details, some pictures and price. thank you.
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    What was your first job and what age?

    Farm work (chickens, goats and some crops) at 14.
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    Facebook.

    Ah, I was talking about a big tortoise group I joined in the begging. I saw the FB page for this site but I don’t think I saw the group.
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    Facebook.

    Sorry, whenever I link to care sheets here on this site, it gets deleted on that FB group. Sorry for not being clear. And if I do type out the gist of the care sheet what usually the response is humidity is bad and they need lots of air flow.
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    Facebook.

    Yep, and whenever I link to care sheets here it gets deleted because it’s not by approved breeders or some such. The sulcata/leopard living in Africa (hence desert) is a big one too. Or people passing off pyramiding as normal. Oh well.
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    Is my enclosure to small?

    I would, so he has some uvb either one he stays at. Also heat.
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    Is my enclosure to small?

    Or get two Christmas tree storage bins and join them tothether with a tunnel.
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    Busy day at the San Diego Zoo

    Taken A few months. They don’t mind a bit of a crowd.
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    Lighting/UVB question

    I guess it depends what species. For my red foot I have a tube uvb and CHE since I want to maintain a certain ambient temp since from what I read they don’t really bask. For my sulcata I have mvb in the am and Che at night. For my leopard hatchling I have a Che and UVB tube, but I will probably...
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    How Often Do I Feed My Red Foot?

    Mine just came off of almost a week hunger strike. Tried all her favorites. She just nibbles a bit and then goes back to walking around or chilling on top of her log hide. She just ate about half a cup of food now, some squash that is grated mixed with a tiny bit of papaya and maybe 2 mushrooms...
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    What plants to use as shade/hide?

    He hides between these sprouts and the chias after eating his breakfast.
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    What plants to use as shade/hide?

    so for my young neonate leopard (maybe a month old) I want to use actual plants for their hide/shade. He still has a burrow/half log that he can use, but he seems to like hanging around the chia sprouts and raddish sprouts to hide and eat them too. What other plants beside spider plant can I...
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    Meet the Runt !

    Wow. That’s pretty manageable compared to the water monitor I had. That thing was too much. Is it mainly an insectivore?
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    how often can this be fed?

    I will try this. I thought a few minutes of soaking is enough. My baby torts would only eat the outer edges because it’s the only ones soft enough.
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    54-Million-Year-Old Baby Sea Turtle Had Built-In Sunscreen

    Very interesting, thank you for sharing. I’m going to spend my afternoon reading that web site.
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    Hibernating in the fridge?

    That’s amazing. Thank you for sharing and clarifying. Learned something cool (get it?) today.
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    Hibernating in the fridge?

    I was browsing a bit on a few tortoise groups on Facebook and I saw a post where they put their tortoises in the fridge for hibernation? Anyone else do this? Not that I have any that hibernates.
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    Growing food indoors

    I grow wheat grass hydroponically. Very easy to grow. I use some organic kelp liquid fertilizer since there is no soil. Also chia seeds sprout pretty fast.
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    Tips for new cherry head owner?

    Cover it with foil?
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