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My female pancake is not moving around. She typically would hide for days. Come out only when nobody was around. Now she is staying in the same spot, wherever I place her. Still there the next day. But. She isn’t losing weight. Actually gaining few grams…. Looks healthy other than her legs...

I assume the tutorial will be old hat for most of you but I videoed it for some lesser tortoise fans. Still thought I’d share. she laid 17 eggs earlier this summer. In 2 clutches. None were fertile. Hopefully some of these are. fingers crossed

Yes. Sorry I forgot to specify these would be Leo eggs….

So my incubator does a pretty good job of keeping the correct temperature but the humidity always seems to be in the low to mid 90s I scrape the condensation off the inside of the door but I didn’t want the vermiculite to dry out completely. Where the eggs are bedded. question is should I put...

Thanks for the advice I was just so afraid that if anything bothered her she would stop laying and I do not want her to become egg bound I lost a Greek tortoise years ago because she couldn’t find a suitable nest in her habitat and she was egg bound and died

Last night my 10-year-old female leopard tortoise. “Thor” decided to give us a clutch of 10 eggs. 3 1/2 weeks ago she laid and I did not know and ended up digging the nest up with my tractor. I saw her digging and checked after she left the nest site but I could not dig the ground with my...

I totally was NOT ready! Had to rush an incubator Im hoping 2 days in the tortoise shed around 80 degrees will suffice until I get the incubator set up. one question for any of you out there..... how can I possibly keep track of her egg deposits if she decides to bury them? This one was on...

Been working hard to create a new. Much larger indoor enclosure for my torts. my 18 year old Sulcata now has 300 sqft of indoor heated space. And my 8 year old Leo now has 100 sqft. Dirt floors, uvb, heat lamps, heat pads, mist king mister on auto, Indoor cement soaking pond. Plus. I have...

That’s got to be a scam. That animal is NOT 25 lbs. not 17”. And worth way more even at the size shown.

Picked up a couple, literary a couple, of pancakes today. Hope they enjoy their new enclosure. Male has been feeding already which is good news. Female seems much more shy.

What are the best UVB bulbs going right now. Best bang for the buck. I have Leo’s and a sulcata. Thanks

That’s what I was hoping you’d say. Thank you!

Here they are. Didn’t go through last time

Pics of shell damage. Here is the carapace damage. Any thoughts? Also a couple pics of his enclosure

My 17 year old sulcata, Oscar, has somehow damaged the corner of his carapace. I think it’s from his burrow. He has about a 10’ deep burrow with rocks down there and I think as he was digging he had trouble turning around and smashed the corner of his shell. It looks ok. Not to bad but I...

Makes sense, that’s kinda what I was thinking too. Thanks

Hello everyone. Haven’t been on the forum for a long time. Have a Leo names Thor... kids named him when he was a ping pong ball size. [emoji51] Now he is about 7/8 years old. 9” or so long. (Slow growing due to he can only be outside 4-5 months a year.) And I’m thinking Thor May be a...

He’s actually really small for his age. I live in the far North east so he can only get outside to graze about 4/5 months so he has extremely slow growth. Healthy. But slow He’s about 80lbs I think. I think I will weigh him this weekend! ;)

Thanks for the confirmation, although very sad, they were good folks. Well versed in turtle and tortoise breeding and keeping. Your RF’s are beautiful. I love when people have had their Torts for the entire life of the specimen. And when we know where and who they came from. So much better...

I got my Sulcata from Abbots turtle farm in Cocoa Beach FL. He was a ping pong ball sized treasure .... I could be wrong but I think The Abbots May have passed away? Seems like i heard that. But They were very nice and helpful. Now , 16 Year’s later. Oscar likes to play chase with our...