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    Male Sonoran tortoise, Arizona only.

    Found a new home for this guy. Thanks Mods can delete this.
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    Male Sonoran tortoise, Arizona only.

    Desert and Low Chaparral climate only. If you live near Ponderosas and Junipers, your climate is to cold.
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    Male Sonoran tortoise, Arizona only.

    Age unknown, History unknown, Given to me by a family that was moving out of state. Looks like every other Sonoran desert Tortoise, don't ask for pictures. He is young adult sized, if you know you know. Comes with a pipe for you to burry for his new burrow. Read about his care here on this...
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    Day Old Tortoise Egg was Rolled

    Tortstork ships the eggs rite before they are due to hatch, the baby in most fully developed at that at point.
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    Hole getting bigger on Opo's shell.

    I have an adopted female with similar shell growth, I think the growth line got slightly burned at some point. To close of a heat source. The gap between the scutes continues to spread, but much slower than the rest of the growth lines. It has caused her no additional harm, And please don't...
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    Leopards for sale shipping from Arizona

    Regular cute leopard babies. Eating spring mix, grape, mallow, and melon leaves. Soaked daily. $200 each plus shipping. $140 each for ten or more. Plus shipping. Plus any payment processing fees. [email protected] Thanks Karl
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    New sulcata pen

    Nice fence idea, in AZ desert two or three years tops before the barrels are brittle and cracking up from the sun. Is that one row painted? Paint will extend their life. I really like your pond, so cool.
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    Nuchal scute, or split scute?

    I had six leopards hatch in 2019 with this same scute configuration. And 5 this year 2020. I don't think it is just a coincidence anymore. I'll update next spring, what 2021 brings.
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    Boring help me with my barking dog thread.

    Thanks all, good thoughts and suggestions.
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    Boring help me with my barking dog thread.

    Thanks Tom, that all makes sense. He is a great dog. Sit, stay, come, go to your crate. He loves his crate, so he spends nights in his crate. We are new to dogs, I think we need the trainer more than he does. He does better when he gets structured training time. We're trying more crate time for...
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    Boring help me with my barking dog thread.

    Most everything I know about tortoises I learned on TFO. Maybe you can help me with my wife and daughters dogs. I did not want dogs. We got two dogs from a friend, Australian shepherds. 3years old. The problem Kota barks continually when out side in their dog run. Dog run 40ft by 20ft. They get...
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    Three toe box turtle Phoenix AZ

    Timmy has found a home. This thread can be moved or deleted. Thanks TFO.
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    10 lots of sulcatas $330 shipped.

    sold out, thanks everyone.
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    10 lots of sulcatas $330 shipped.

    Lot of ten baby sulcatas. Showing good growth. Eating mazuri, spring mix, weeds, cactus. Only selling lots of ten or more. Daily soaks. Thanks Karl [email protected]
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    Three toe box turtle Phoenix AZ

    He is a boy, I got his temperature up and lengthened his day light hours. So he thinks it is spring, he took a liking to his water dish, and I will spare you the details.
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