Not a Hermanns, but my Egyptian helped himself to a slug for breakfast the other morning.
He had a big slimy slugstache when I brought him back inside and seemed well pleased with himself.
I wouldn't give it a thought. Tortoises in the wild are often known to scavenge carrion. I can't...
Very cool stuff! Thanks.
Exactly, Dan, the locality stuff is really interesting to me. I'll have to look if there are any kleinmanni DNA projects out there who'd be looking for samples. They certainly do it with people these days.
Unless I can teach him to talk, I guess it'd be the only...
The Egypt importing from Israel thing I get. -So far so good. :)
So, dark patterns = Libya, light/no patterns = Egypt. Okay, that's easy.
When did Israel shut it down?
So it really seems like what we refer to as "Egyptian" tortoises are "Libyan" tortoises, and the Egytian, Negev are...
Okay, cool.
Then this is where I'm confused. -Here's the developing list in fact: :D
Why do you feel that no specimens came out of the Negev?
If you think that the light/no patterns come out of areas hotter than Libya, why do you think "Egypt", when we see these heavily...
Hey Dan! :D
So that we're on the same page, we're talking about this type of difference, right? (Not my photos.)
The specimen on the right is my guy, all the way. The left is what I see typically as "Egyptians" on the web, and even when I got a peek several years ago at the Bronx...
Maybe this should have gone in Debatable... I don't know.
Anyway, I haven't posted much, but I do check in; and I've been wondering about something.
Our family includes a male adult kleinmanni. If you search my posts you'll find his story and some pics. He's been with us for ten years or...
Just thought I'd share.
Shackleton had his annual "end of the summer" check up yesterday. I make this a ritual to ensure that he's got nothing working against him as we get into the winter.
His doctor is great, an exotics specialist, works with the Bronx Zoo, etc. She's been seeing him...
Sorry to hear this Nell. I've been through similar, seven years ago.
You can read about it here:
http://forum.kingsnake.com/tortoise/messages/22359.html
http://forum.kingsnake.com/tortoise/messages/22469.html
...perhaps you may find it interesting and useful.
The short version of...
Nice. Some people just have the touch.
Those Egyptians are fantastic!
-And a 26 year old Whites! Man, I had one for a couple of years that I really loved. Very cool animals.
Thanks Robyn. I named him after Sir Ernest because he seems like a pretty dauntless little explorer himself.
The white area on the front of his carapace, and he's got a bit on his trailing edge too, is the bone of his shell where the keratin scute is gone. He came to me a looking like he'd...
Thanks again for the welcomes. :D
Yup, he is a good looker.
More than that, I've read where kleinmanni are considered timid and lacking in personality, but Shack's got cojones to spare (which he likes to show off occasionally ;)) and personality for days!
Maybe it just goes towards my...
That doesn't seem unreasonable.
If herbivorous torts use UVB to synthesize vitamin D3 in order to metabolize calcium, and there is usable D3 and usable calcium present in Mazuri, then UVB becomes unnecessary.
I've read that carnivorous, and even omnivorous, herps get their D3 requirements...
Hi all. -New here, my first post outside of Introductions. I've got some anecdotal info I can add.
I use Mazuri with my Egyptian, and have for about two yearly cycles. He loves it. Initially, I coated it with applesauce to entice him, but it proved quite unnecessary and he now eats it plain...