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Maybe reach out to the Kleinmanni Assurance Project? They’d know who is working with Egyptians in Florida. https://www.kleinmanniassuranceproject.com/

I just wanted to mention that if you want to grow greens for supplemental feeding hydroponic indoor gardens like the Aerogarden work great. No green thumb needed. These have basil, endive, escarole and lettuce varieties

Yes, and I was assured that 2 male Pelomedusa could live together. We’ve watched them very closely since Dattebayo arrived (he was in a shelter in Northern VA) and they’ve gotten along great. We will continue to keep an eye on them.

So both male? Phew - thank you! Then I don’t have to worry about scrambling up a nesting area. This is what had me worried.

I thought I had 2 male Pelomedusa, now I’m not so sure. Did catch definite mating behavior last night. I’m sure my older (19 yrs) rescue Dattebayo is a male, I thought Lazarus was but in comparison maybe not? Can anyone weigh in on Lazarus? Lazarus Lazarus Dattebayo Dattebayo

We were lucky in Jacksonville, some wind and rain and have some standing water but no damage. Hopefully the St Johns river doesn’t flood too badly, it’s across the street. We didn’t even lose power which is amazing. Checked everyone this morning and they’re all good. I had all my evac bins...

I have free springtails too, and added powder blue isopods to all of my enclosures, Burmese stars included. None of them seem to notice and they do help clean up uneaten greens.

The 2 larger (Nebula and Gamora) are a little bit older. They’re from different a breeder from the smaller one (Mantis).

Dont worry, they get used to soaking. Here are my three doing their daily soak. They get 20-30 minutes a day in shallow 95-98 degree water. I use a cooking thermometer to check the temps. They almost always poop in there.

A mixture of everything, I try to get as much variety as possible. Greens (spring mix, escarole, dandelion greens, chard, collards, kale, weeds) opuntia cactus pads, fruit (strawberry, blueberry, mango, banana, papaya, melon) veg (green and yellow squash), hibiscus leaves and flowers and...

3g a month seems slow for a Redfoot. Here the growth chart for one of mine, from the day she hatched. She was 80g by 3 months of age.

Are there certain species that are more susceptible to specific diseases? How common are asymptomatic carriers? I'm willing to do tests, but want to do testing that makes the most sense rather than scattershot testing everyone. Is the best set of tests the quarantine panel? When I did fecals I...

What testing would you recommend for Florida keepers who will eventually have breeding tortoises (yellowfoots and Burmese star)? I just got my entire collections fecals tested. If there are other things I should be testing for, especially in breeding groups, I’d love to get started on that.

Just as a heads up, I recently added a small Universal rocks preformed pond for my redfoots and we only left it in a week before we removed it. Almost immediately it became a hand and food washing station for all the neighborhood raccoons, they couldn’t resist the swiftly moving water. I went...

Thanks for sharing. What a heartbreaking journey. Glad you’ve had some success, losing that group of 5 must have been awful.