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emysemys@pacbell.net Wrote:

JustAnja Wrote:PS: Yvonne youve got me ooogling over Mtn Torts right now and trying to figure out how I can fit them into my future tort plans!

They are similar to box turtles in their personalities. But they are VERY VERY slow and quite prehistoric. I have a bird flight in the same lath house where the Burmese houses are and one morning at zero dark thirty as I was tending to the birds prior to leaving for work I just had an inkling that I needed to look down at my leg. It was dark...about 5:30a, and there were no tortoises around when I started filling the bird's feeders. The largest female Burmese had crept up on me and was about to take a bite out of my leg. Thank goodness they are so slow. I was able to save myself!!

Yvonne

Thats quite comical Yvonne! Eventually I want a larger species but not quite as large as an Aldabra until I own my own land and have tons of space to dedicate to them.

JustAnja Wrote:

Itort Wrote:How about pinkys or fuzzys? That way they get the complete package (muscle, organ, and calcium.)

Yup I have over 200 snakes, there are always extras in the freezer.

I think my RFs are starting to bribe the Ball Python to make his hunger strikes longer.

I would never feed my red foots organ meat.

Redfootedboxturtles Wrote:I would never feed my red foots organ meat.

And thats your choice, we all have that choice to make. I would never feed my Redfoots something that was developed for Mammals.

It is recommended by an expert breeder.....

Redfootedboxturtles Wrote:It is recommended by an expert breeder.....

When he has raised those hatchlings 25+ years on that diet then he can be called an expert.