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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    i remember reading they can be found around kazafstan or somewhere, central asia. maybe they were referring to old soviet union area. mother russia is clearly too cold for tortoise i think :)
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    i used to have styrofoam outside of the cage but the temp inside got too high so removed, however if i live in more colder climate it should be a very good addition !
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    georgia is much more humid cuz the wind and cloud from the sea got stopped at the mountains. horsfield i believe is from the other side of the mountain where its more dry.
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    searched for minimum temp and batumi area is almost only one where doesnt go under zero c so thinking about it actually. likes rahter less tourism atomosphere tho :) modern city has better infrastrucutre i understand.
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    wow very nice ! may off topic a bit but did you experience any water/gas/elec stop while you visited there ? i believe the summer cannot go above 25c so its rather cool climate generaly.
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    can stay a year without visa, cats and dogs roaming and sleeping around city, some cities dont go down below zero temp, cheap to live, funny language and terrific rural area sceneary right out of RPG world.
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    we japanese have called hokkairo, made from metal sorely for the purpose. as long as gas is available we can boil water and use it...thanks !
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    oo, we have similar stuff for humans in japan too ! u guys use mayonase jar wow
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    thanks for the info ! gotta try some now !
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    my, thats very helpful ! >>>Use a well insulted closed chamber for the enclosure (like expanded PVC) to make sure the enclosure will lose as little heat as possible. am planning to have this covering the enclosure as i used to on my current one before. >>>You could also cover the enclosure...
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    already looking into ebay for sellers who ship to there. i know they are costy but as you said the price may go down or at least come with bigger capacity with the same price range !
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    regulations, yes, dont wanna make her suffer long for that inspeciton thing but understand its unavoidable when export/import animals ;( and yes a lot of time especially that funny language !
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    heya thanks for reply i have a 40yr old russian, who might live another couple of decades :) contacted an animal importer/exporter with experience and sounds like they can handle the transport so if she is still alive when i retire, ill bring her to wherever i go.
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    keeping a tortoise in Georgia (country)

    hiya, thinking about moving to there when retired so want any inputs. heard elec can go out often and winter is cold, with gas heater as the most common way to warm a house. for elec, thinking about that huge carrycase size battery station. etc etc retire gonna be like a decade later so any...
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    Advise please.

    trimming my hors's beak by using pencil router while avoiding to injure her mouth usually makes me dizzy, but it is worth it ! u wont suceed with it every day but every (literally) bits counts !
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