@ALDABRAMAN @Yvonne G @Tom hope you all are doing well!
I need a bit of expert input Re the photos, and I also thought putting these photos up might be helpful for future reference (as they contrast very well I feel).
Could you take a look and give your opinion- whenever is convenient of...
My brother and I were watching the two baby Aldabras, in my care, work their way around a large garden, today, and we got to chatting about their (terrible) design.
How tortoises have survived extinction en masse is beyond me.
Not only can they be outpaced by nearly every possible predator...
So I'm pushing the two little bundles of joy to graduate to a 12,000 Ft2 garden- during the day at least. A little less space actually b/c there is a house on the plot too.
But I think it is too big a space for them. It is secure (concrete walls around the perimiter) but finding food, and...
Weighed today and I think growth is ok but please feel free to comment- silence/criticism/ queries all welcome. keeping random records here over the months in case they move on to new homes too.
I am soooooooo glad I am 'looking after' two young Aldabras, not one.
Their characters are really very different and I wouldn't know that with just one.
On the surface both are skittish by nature, so if you only have one Aldabra, and are reading this, you will probably agree with most of the...
Hey Enihem,
I was thinking about you today :)
How is the tortoise doing? The vegetables you are feeding her "kang kung" is known as a water spinach.
What I think would be useful is to mix in some dark green leaves and grasses. If you can get hibiscus leaves where you are, try that. The...
To note: substrate is 80% coconut coir, there's hay in the photos that you see- that was a mistake- in the next substrate change it will end up 100% coconunt coir. No hay.
I see tiny weeny bugs / insects zooming about the two aldabras in their closed chamber at night.
I’ve read up here and decided it’s nothing I worry about.
Tonight I saw they were in quite large number (nearly transparent and tiny), and they grouped a bit on one of the babies heads.
She’s gone...