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    Leopard hatching period

    Not sure if anyone is still watching this thread…but i have a few questions. I have a 6 year old female Leopard Tortoise. She is much bigger than my other 2 and somehow she was injured. When i took her to the vet for X-rays…they found a broken leg (which is healing nicely) however she also...
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    Leopard Tortoise broken leg

    Need some help guys. I have a 6 year old female leopard tortoise that has a broken leg. We took her to the vet and its confirmed through X-Ray. The vet suggested using a pad and duct tape to hold the leg inside the shell. At the vet she was very shy and pulled 100% in…and the leg can not...
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    Pair of sulcata?

    I actually disagree with the other posters on this thread about them being completely solitary. One of my favorite Youtubers is Kamp Kenan, he has 11 adult sulcatas in one enclosure and they do fine. I believe he has 3.8 (3 males:8 females) in that enclosure. He just did a video a few weeks...
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    tortoise recognize their name?

    Interesting question that we will probably never know the answer too
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    Comments regarding concern

    I hope you didn't take my post as negative, I was just curious, not really concerned. I live in Florida, and we take the sun for granted :)
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    Rocky Mountain Tortoise Rescue

    That is awesome, i was more curious than concerned.
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    Rocky Mountain Tortoise Rescue

    Your called Rocky Mountain Tortoise...where are you located? Torts dont well in high elevations subject to low temps, are your enclosures all in doors??
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    Rehome

    I visited Repticon today in Tampa, Florida. They had several vendors with redfoots. I learned something today, Redfoots need protein and in the wild, they will each dead animals they come across. One vendor told me he feeds his redfoots frozen/thawed mice once ever 3 weeks, another vendor...
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