Recent content by LoriP

I look at tortoise (dog ratios too) as I did for my human children. My eldest human was well under the 50th percentile while my youngest was right at the 100th. You can’t say all humans should weigh “x” at 10 months as everyone is different.

They seem to be different just like humans. Look at the diversity of my 6 babies! Had to graph because I was worried MJ was too big. If anything your kid is even bigger! But I also have a German Shepherd that is crazy off the charts for a 17-month old female. And she has zero DNA of the...

Can’t wait to see the answers on this one! I have the exact same question about my 14-month old who looks identical to yours, but I was under the impression that my guy could be obese.

I totally agree with this article! And just like people and dogs, you do occasionally find a tortoise who is an exception to the norm, like my MJ. He stops whatever he is doing when he hears my voice and looks for me. He has been a Momma’s boy since the day he hatched 14 months ago. He has a...

This came across my google feed yesterday! Love it!

I guess I shouldn’t have said dog breeding of any kind. There are great, ethical breeders out there! I should change my statement to say I disagree with engineered breeds and breeding in a non-loving environment, treating the dog-parents as money makers. The fact that you have 30 dogs is...

My thoughts exactly about dogs, cats and humans…. Especially humans who can’t afford to reproduce and then add unspayed dogs and cats to the family they already can’t care for. I HATE dog breeding of any kind, but I was under the impression thru this forum that more captive-bred Russians were...

Ah ok. I so wish google didn’t give polar opposite instructions on things! I had been misting them but had read somewhere not to do so. Will do immediately!!! Should I be misting the 5th clutch that is 30 days old as well? I lost quite a few eggs these last 2 years due to incorrect...

I used dry vermiculite for media. Thanks to you, I changed from wet vermiculite to dry vermiculite by this clutch. Upon inspection of the baby I noticed that her shell was extremely soft and the yolk sac was the only thing that smelled bad. Yolk sac was firmly attached to the tortoise, but...

Ms Myrtle’s 4th clutch of 4 healthy, fertile eggs was at 80 days June 15th. I was blessed with Maeve the day before and Lourdes the day after. I have read that sometimes they can go as long as 110 days. Today was 105 days and I just checked on the eggs to find one of the eggs with the top...

The first one says “feathered friends”. 🧐 I must be doing something wrong because none of mine have feathers. 🤣