Hello fellow members;
I have 4 females and 1 male Egyptians. I want to add another male they won’t breed for some reason. Hoping the extra male will add male competition to the colony and get breeding going. Hopefully someone has an extra male they can part with?
Thank you for reading, Gerry
The radical digging stopped and at work during the day so do not know the pattern in which the ditches were dug. Now I am wondering if there is a egg hidden somewhere in the substrate of my table.
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Bill what times of the year do your do the nesting most? I think mine might have been just a...
There has been a changing of the seasons here in Portland. There are shelves in my tort table with little planters. Has them outside all summer got cool and brought them back in and put them on their appropriate shelve. Could added plant life cause the digging?
I have three females and one male Egyptian Tortoises. Male isn't of breeding age but one of the females might be. So someone has been on a digging and noticed a couple deep ditches being dug out. What would posses one of them to dig so deep could it be egg laying or something else? All...
Definitely wild caught. Captive Egyptians are never that smooth of a shell they always pyramid some in captivity. Where it came from most likely Libya. Egypt there are no wild ones left and Israel impossible to find but Lybia still has a some pretty good size colonies. Also in Lybia you...
Even if they have babies they wait till night temps hit the 50's. It is all for the better to wait till at least May. Very sensitive to cold and not worth the risk. I know I hate the wait myself but when your little cherubs are eating right out the shipping box it makes it worth it.
Sedum is the ultimate snack food for Egyptians mine love it and get added water from them. Dandelion is fun to grow as a plant and is a super food for torts. In your hot hot Arizona weather try Sea Lavender, Milkvetch, Desert Plantain, Thyme and Mediteranian Grass. For Sedum get chubby leaf...
Wish I would of saw this earlier I live in Portland and would of swooped in and saved him. Often check craigslist for torts-n-turts and surprised this got past me. As for taking payments with pets thats horrible doesnt he know children are the new barter pets (just kidding there). The "No use...