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    Two angulates, two very different behaviours

    Hi All - Been several years since I last posted. We've had Ned, our Angulate for about 10 years. He lives in our garden in Cape Town, which we planted up with all indigenous plants after he arrived. About a month ago, the neighbours delivered a second angulate to us ("Not Ned") on the assumption...
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    Spring has sprung

    I've not posted in quite some time, but Ned (our Chersina Angulata - now recognised as the "most obstreperous tortoise" our vet has ever met) is enjoying spring in Cape Town. I captured this great shot of him as he bimbled over to eat the hibiscus flowers I plucked from our trees. (Ned is wild...
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    Boy meets tort

    Don't worry folks, we don't let Daniel actually touch Ned. I know all the nasties that tortoises can carry. This is as close as they get to each other.
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    Photobombing Tort

    If it is possible for a tortoise to photobomb, Ned is giving it a go. He's a funny tort. We've now had him over two years and for the first year and a half he stayed away from the house. For the last few months, every time there is a door open, he makes a beeline for the inside, and now he...
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    Happy tort encounter

    Hi all, it has been a while since I posted. Things have been pleasantly uneventful with Ned (angulate who lives in our garden), apart from the other week when I was having a work meeting at home and left the lounge door open and he tried to saunter into the house. I guess he's been eying up the...
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    Hibiscus on a winter's day

    It has been quite quiet on the tortoise front here in South Africa, what with it being the middle of winter. Here's Ned taking advantage of a good break in the weather.
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    Its a tortoise's life

    Happiness is... You wake up, you stumble to the front of your Ned Shed and find yourself surrounded by hibiscus flowers of different types. Ah, the life
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    Wasp feeding on bee

    Just spotted this "red in tooth and claw" moment outside our kitchen window. The wasp was flying around with the dead bee in its clutches, slowly sucking it dry. Amazing. And how very ugly is that wasp in close up?
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    Baby gecko

    I don't know what kind of reptile life you guys have by you, but these geckos are everywhere here in Cape Town. Just rescued this tiny fella from our water feature. I've not seen one so small before. So perfectly formed.
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    Advice for uber hot days?

    We've just had a seriously hot week her in Cape Town and both Ned (angulate) and our friend's leopard tortoise, Tiberius, have really battled with the heat. They are both outside tortoises who hand out in the garden. They have plenty of shaded areas to be in and have access to water both to...
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    Strange mark on nose - advice please

    Hi All, I was wondering if anyone could identify what this might be on Ned's nose? It seems to be a large mark. It doesn't appear to be a scab or an oozing wound of any kind. Looks dry. It is now a few weeks since he had his second dose of parasite meds and he has seemed a little flat the...
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    Garden chameleons

    We've been finding a lot of chameleons in our garden this summer. Thought you all might appreciate a look.
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    How do i administer drugs by mouth (with needleless syringe)?

    I've just come back from the vet with Ned who has parasites. The vet gave me a couple of viles of drugs to squirt into his mouth. Any advice on how to do this. He's not a handled tortoise and has only recently started taking food from me. He just pulled his head in at the vets and wouldn't be...
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    Advice on deworming please

    Hi all I have just given Ned a soak as he was seeming a little lethargic (he's an adult angulate who lives in our garden, so doesn't get frequent soaks). He urinated in the water and after getting him out I noticed that the urine and urates were wriggling. Looking closer, there were tiny worms...
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    What to watch after a close call

    I just got back from an overseas trip and my first port of call was to find Ned in the garden. I couldn't find him in any of his usual spots, and was about to give up and look again tomorrow when I smelled something. I traced it back and found Ned having rammed himself in a piece of pool...
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    Hanging with Ned

    It was only a few weeks ago that Ned got used to me enough to take food from me. Now if I go near him, he actually comes to me. Just after he finished this flower, he walked right up to me to see if there was anything more to be had.
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    Eating out of my hand!

    We've had Ned, our cape angulate tortoise for almost a year now. He's a old adult rescue who is left as wild as possible in our garden. We try not to handle him much and although we supplement his diet, he largely forages in the garden. Over the year he's slowly got used to me checking up on him...
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    Pink patch on nose

    Just a quick question. Ned was out and about a day taking advantage of another break in winter and I noticed he's got a pink patch on his nose. I've put an arrow pointing to it on the picture. The picture's not great, so I hope it is clear. It is only on the one side. It isn't oozing or...
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    A little winter sun and hibiscus

    After a few days of heavy winter storms, Ned's enjoying a little break in the weather
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    Activity on warm winter days

    Hi folks, I've not been online for a while. Things have been quiet on the tortoise front... Quick reintroduction: guardian of Ned, a male angulate. We are based in Cape Town, South Africa. Because we live in Ned's natural environment, we don't bring him inside for winter, but have built a series...
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