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This is Melee, he is maybe 8 years old. Yes, some of his growth lines are a little deeper than others, but I think his shell turned out pretty nice. I've had him since he was maybe 3, somewhere around 4in long. I kept him in a series of large storage containers until he was old enough to live...

Your scape is beautiful! Good luck to you and Groot!

You're right on the money about the filter. I want to have clean water available at all times, but dumping and cleaning a small dish multiple times a day got real old, real fast. I do a full water change every 14 -15 days as long as there isn't poop in the water. I used to keep an aquarium so I...

I feel like I have a high creativity for enclosure ideas, but no handiness skill :eek: Looking back at my pictures I see how thrown together everything looks. Maybe one day I'll gain some decorating skill. *Currently, Melee is in a 5ft x 1.5ft hexagonal garden bed that I have wrapped with...

Unfortunatly, I don't have any of my weight and measurement data. I did find in the first post I made about her that she was 3.22in (8cm) and 135g Today she is at 8in (20cm).

My ~27 month old Elongated tortoise, Melee. I've only had her for around 2 years but it feels like she's been with me forever. I was looking through old video and pictures of her and I forgot how absolutly tiny she used to be! I really wish I had taken more or better pictures of her shell as...

I would think a vivarium would be the best option, because of the high humidity they need. but lots of people keep tortoises in tortoise tables because those are slightly simpler to build than an enclosed area that can also get good airflow. The important thing is that they have enough space...

If you're still looking for food suggestions, I used a couple Herp articles, that I probably found links on this site, and looking at care sheets of different Elongata breeders. Personally, my tortoise won't eat any thin grasses or insects for whatever reason, so I stick to broadleaf lettuces...

My Melee got to have a little explore outside while I did maintenance on my box turtle enclosure. Elongateds are a crepuscular species, which means shes most active at late afternoon and early morning, so she isn't too happy about being woken up early :D I hadn't really noticed how she...

Thank you! I agree that they're a really great species, with such cool faces. Mine goes from looking like a Jack-o-lantern to a goofy puppy.

This is my Melee! My 14 month old Elongated tortoise. She is still unsexed, but I’m using she/her until I find out otherwise. She came to me from MattJReptiles on facebook. This breeder was suggested to me from the Turtle and Tortoise Classified group on facebook, and the entire process...

@bigcharlie Are Iguanas a handful?

2 Dozen,WOW. Have you raised up all of them? I'd love to know the sex ratios from people with large numbers of torts.

I love that everyone's approach is "I just wanted a healthy one"! I'm really curious as to what the favorable traits for a tortoise breeder would be in their mating pairs:tort::<3::tort:. BACK To THE INTERNET

It's Winter break, I'm out of school and off work for the week, and for some reason all I've been doing is watching videos and reading about tortoise care. :confused: If the members of this forum would be so kind, I'd love to ask a few questions. 1. Did you purchase/adopt your tortoise as a...