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    Hello Everyone!!

    Hi and welcome!! I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but we call those plastic bowls with a palm tree turtle death bowls.
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:54 AM in forum: Introductions
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    Thinking of getting new enclosure

    It's probably the wrong time of year to find them, but the Christmas Tree Storage Bin mfg'd by Iris is a great indoor enclosure. It's 4' long. I...
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:18 AM in forum: Redfoot and yellowfoot tortoises
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    Is 40F degrees too cold for a Sulcata?

    Does he have a heated shelter outside? If not, then you need to make one for him. You can even make it in his corner of the garage, if that's...
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:12 AM in forum: Sulcata tortoises
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    Baby sulcata not eating

    Please don't be offended. We seem to be picking you apart, but it's for your baby's benefit. Here's what I see: Those curly shaped bulbs have...
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:56 AM in forum: Sulcata tortoises
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    COLD DARK ROOM

    She's so cute. I love her glasses!
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:39 AM in forum: Personal Promotion
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    COLD DARK ROOM

    I wouldn't mind a YOUNGER body. My brain tells me I have stuff to do outside, but my body tells me to sit in the recliner and play jig saw...
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:36 AM in forum: Personal Promotion
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    Great white shark choked to death on turtle it was trying to eat

    So is the lake, the river, a creek and even a puddle. Give me dry land any day!!!!! So sad two such magnificent creatures had to die.
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:26 AM in forum: Water turtles
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    Substrate for RF tortoises???

    I've used ReptiBark in a pinch, but it costs so much to buy it at a pet store as opposed to buying large bags at the Garden Center. The screen...
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:22 AM in forum: Redfoot and yellowfoot tortoises
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    COLD DARK ROOM

    When I needed to add an electrical run to the new greenhouse in my back yard a few years ago the electrician I hired drilled a hole in the side...
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 24, 2019 at 7:06 AM in forum: Personal Promotion
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    COLD DARK ROOM

    This is my placemarker. I'm all caught up until tomorrow! Later all!
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 23, 2019 at 6:14 PM in forum: Personal Promotion
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    Wassaaaaaap!

    Welcome!
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 23, 2019 at 6:12 PM in forum: Introductions
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    Soon to be the proud owner of a box turtle. I need some good expert advice.

    It might be fine for now, except for the newspaper on the floor. Your box turtle doesn't look all that young to me. Looks to be full grown....
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:47 PM in forum: American box turtles
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    Russian tortoise not eating and drinking

    Have you double checked the temperatures all over the whole enclosure at tortoise level? Is he indoors or outside? What kind of light are you...
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:39 PM in forum: Russian tortoises
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    Opo going to vet.

    Some vets don't give the correct dose when giving the vitamin a,d,e injection and an overdose of vitamin a causes the skin to slough off. It's...
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:36 PM in forum: General Tortoise Discussion
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    COLD DARK ROOM

    That's an awfully pretty fish!
    Post by: Yvonne G, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:34 PM in forum: Personal Promotion