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    Elongated in Shanghai - what to do??

    Thanks very much for the feedback!! "a tort does not think about heirs....not at all....that is a human thought." ...yes of course, but i meant that being endangered, it would be nice for him to be able to contribute to the future of his species ;-)
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    Elongated in Shanghai - what to do??

    Hello I live in shanghai, and a couple of years ago "inherited" a male elongated tortoise (Bob) from a friend who had bought him at a local market 2 years previously. I guess he's about 6-8 years old (about 8inches long, 0.8kg). Currently he lives in my flat, but i know this is not a...
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    Hi I'm Bob the Elongata in Shanghai

    Thanks guys @Dagashi - I've only found him turned over twice, once when i tried to put him in a tortoise house which was nice and warm with wetted wood chippings, so i thought he'd like it.. he hated it! and another time the other day when he'd tried to climb a stack of books. I'm pretty...
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    Hi I'm Bob the Elongata in Shanghai

    Hello I'm new to the Forum and here is my tortoise Bob the Elongata. He was inherited from a friend who moved back from Shanghai to the US, she bought him at a wet market (she probably saved him from certain turtle soup!). We've had him for a year and a half, and love him. Our 25th...
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