Recent content by zenoandthetortoise

Done

I can't think of anything to add but wow, that is awesome! Congrats

That's what I do. Mine is pretty mellow, but he'd never be patient enough for filing. I usually just do one or two at a time and first thing in the morning or late at night.

I use clippers made for kids. On the turtle, I mean

Sorry, I have no slider experience, but my understanding is that they are almost exclusively carnivorous when young. Maybe add anacharis and duck weed to the tank? Lettuce doesn't add much, nutrient wise. Search under RES care and hopefully you will get some specific info.

It's an egg tooth. Nothing to worry about, but it does show he's very young so getting the temps etc dialed in as previously mentioned is critical. Sounds like you're getting the setup good to go, so nice job. And congrats on new addition.

I add a little to the Mazuri mash up I give my redfoot.

Nice work. With the Mazuri I also mix in some Herbal Hay from tortoise supply and for the Redfoots add a couple Omega 1 algae wafers. The main ingrediants are kelp, spirulina and salmon. So trace minerals and protein. No idea if it's needed or not. Anyway, great info. Thanks for putting it...

Thanks for sharing this. Fantastic work.

Hi donna. I've had a Marginated for just over a year. Mine particularly seems to enjoy a temp gradient. Under the basking light the temp is 105, at the far end the temp is 75. There is a humid his that is 85 and 80% RH. Outside the hide, the humidity is around 70% to 50%. Mine is not interested...

You have it backwards. If you wish to assert the existence of something invisible, unmeasurable and undefined (like 'soul' or perhaps unicorns) the burden of proof is yours. A statement (such as your first paragraph) without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. And so it is.

Condon seems to play both sides. On the one, observing a lack of reproductive senescence, in contrast to the vertebrate model, but then concluding , absent that, the remainder of the pattern still applies and supports his assertions. Regardless of inverted reproductive potential (which is...

My apologies. This is the danger of typing and editing on a phone, particularly while driving. In the paragraph that was inadvertently deleted, I questioned whether it was in fact the green sea urchin he had in mind or the oft cited Red Sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, (biologists...

Great article. Thanks for sharing. This thread had devolved into one of the more confusing/frustrating conversations I have had of late. I suspect a cell culture line could be used to establish a model that would not be dependent on the actual lifespan of the animal. Lack of Immunosenescence...

So I'm going to try again for clarity. The OP of the initial thread asked if anyone had experience with a tortoise dying of old age and the replies negated the question as being invalid; the scenario did not exist. This rebuttal was based on reasoning or conjecture, which by the way, is not a...