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    Good morning everyone!

    Well it has been quite sometime since I've posted. Took them this morning about 6am when they were already up and waiting anxiously for their 1st meal of the day.
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    Need advise please

    Hi everyone, I have 2 problems, one on each of my lovely torts. 1st tort: I was scrubbing of the dried poop on my tort today when it accidentally slipped of my hands and landed on the ground. The fall was maybe about a few inches off the ground cause I usually go on the ground to wash them...
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    Annual checkup

    Took both my Radi's for their annual check up earlier. All went well accept that the male had a chip on the lower part of it's shell where the plastron and carapace meet so the vet prescribed iodine to be put once a day for about a week just to make sure all goes well. Male-1.15kgs and 7"...
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    Radi sex?

    At what age or size can one tell the sex of the Radiated? Both my Radi scutes look pointed and with stubby tails indicating they are female.
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    Shell growth?

    How can one tell that the old shell is being replaced by new one's? or does it just get bigger or does the older shell starts showing age?. Please educate me.
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    Sweet dreams

    Getting ready to get tucked into bed after some exercise
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    My happy Radi's

    Soaking up the sun before lunch,
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    Gourmet dining for the best!

    Like the title says, they deserve nothing but the best, 2 Cherries and Carrots shredded/squeezed on top, pumpkin seeds, calcium powder and Hibiscus. I do this for them usually once a week with the exception of carrots, cherries and pumpkin seeds once a month and the rest of the week, Mazuri. Boy...
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    Gourmet dining for the best!

    Like the title says, they deserve nothing but the best, 2 Cherries and Carrots shredded/squeezed on top, pumpkin seeds, calcium powder and Hibiscus. I do this for them usually once a week with the exception of carrots, cherries and pumpkin seeds once a month and the rest of the week, Mazuri. Boy...
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    Lets get physical, physical

    Saw them fast asleep this way tucked next to each other and found it so sweet that I decided to take a photo and post it here. Guess they must be really tired from their tortoise walk today in my garden.
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    Radiated's New Years celebration feast!

    10 hibiscus down, 4 to go.. Have not measured them but they look about 7' and weigh about 1.2kgs each.
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    Tortoise Trust Diploma??

    How long has it taken you'll who have done this course to receive the diploma cert after sitting of the test? It has been more than 6 months that I have received mine with so many emails to them. They keep saying they sent it out a few times so I told them not to use their local postal and to...
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    Hibiscus leaves any good?

    My tortoises eat the hibiscus leaves often, is it any good for them? What nutritional value does the leaf have that is beneficial for my torts?
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    US fisheries kill 4,600 sea turtles per year: Study

    http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_712842.html
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    Thai authorities seize rare wildlife in trafficking bust

    http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_712815.html
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    Mixing Radiated's?

    Thinking of getting another Radiated but this one's less than a year old and 1/3 the size of my other 2 Radiated's. Will the 2 larger one's harm the smaller one? Also are juvenile Radiated's generally more yellow in color? This one has much more below, unless the black markings have not been...
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    Help need opinions

    Hi everyone, A question for you'll, whenever I feed my Radiated's salad mix, their poop comes out very wet, soft and not like it usually does with Mazuri pellets which is hard and easy to pick up. Also their behavior has changed ever since they have been passing out wet poop(close to diarrhea)...
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    Madagascar's 'tortoise mafia' on the attack

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13799205
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    Radiated's Mazuri buffet.

    Radiated's having a buffet (Mazuri soup-Mazuri with water).
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    Bye bye Stars

    Just thought I'd share with you'll that I gave away both my lovely Stars to a good friend who has many years of experience keeping torts. Reason being is that the Stars were starting to stress out in the same enclosure as my Radiated's, they were not eating regularly and also the bigger...
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