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Thank you all for your kind words and wishes. Anyone who is local (Or wants to drive out, no judgement) is invited to his memorial. It'll be May 18th at Chisholm Park in Hurst Texas 1:30pm-5pm. The Bluebonnet and Longhorn pavilions. We'll be playing some of his music, probably crying and...

Thank you all for your kind words about my father. This forum meant a lot to him and its comforting seeing how much he meant to you guys right back. And can anyone tell me what to feed three Hermanns? I have box turtles and I know their diet isn't anything like what Dad fed his spoiled little...

We thought he had the flu. We never, ever in a million years expected this. It wasn't even on the horizons until it was here and he was gone.

Moderators: I really didn't know where to put this, so if its in an inappropriate place, please move it. On Behalf of Terry Allan Hall: Terry Allan Hall passed away April 17th, 2014. On his behalf, let me thank everyone for your love, friendship and kindness towards him. While I don't really...

If I couldn't trust the gardener, I'd simply fire him/her and replace with someone trustworthy.

RE: I need a new PC Like anything else, finding a computer repair-person you can trust is key. One of the things I'm hating about our upcoming move from Texas to North Carolina is having to find a new computer repair-person I can trust.

Very cool!

RE: I need a new PC In the same boat, but have been advised to go with Windows 7 until I feel the need for a new computer. What a PITA! :rolleyes:

In captivity, tortoises grow faster, as they don't have to find food, it's brought to them by you, so they eat more often and frequently larger feedings, which leads to them getting big faster. Your's seem to be growing at a good rate. :cool:

Keep him warm and keep the lights on at least 14 hours a day. Tortoise don't have to hibernate (brumate), and not hibernating (brumating) them has no ill effect on their health. In 40 years, I've never brumated any of mine, and they've all stayed perfectly healthy.

Are you set on a different species? If not, and if your Steppe tortoise is female, get it another female Steppe tortoise to share it's enclosure. But be sure both are females, as 1 male + 1 female is bad, and 2 males is even worse!

Looking good!

Pretty, and the only problems I see are: (a) What kind of ventilation does it provide? (b) Barely enough room for a single smaller tortoise, a Russian/Steppe, Western Hermann's, that degree of small. Box turtle, too. (c) OK for winter, but when it's warm enough, they need to be out in the sun...

Yup, those are great other than needing to be filled more often (terra cotta absorbs water).

Check your PMs. :cool:

been sending boxes with about a dozen largish pads to members, and still have about a box-load left. Cost is $12.50 (the price of the postage), to the first person to ask for it (Americans...for non-Americans, postage will probably be a bit higher, and might be held up in Customs). Make your...

RE: Oh dear! 2nd this.

Great names! :cool:

2nd this.

Absolutely #1 with me are Hermann's, although I like all of the Testudo family. If I lived somewhere that the weather stayed warm enough for them to live outside 24/7/365, I love an Aldabra, too.