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Nothing in particular - lots of leafy vegetables and flowers, that's all.

I place my baby tortoises in a wooden tray with cocopeat chips and dried branches. They are fed with leafy vegetables,tomatoes, flowers, and dry tortoise pellets. They are growing very well. They especially like to eat flowers as the petals are very soft. Currently they are tiny so food that is...

Hi, The mother is about 12 inches, heavy and solid, and 7-8 years old. I am not from Malaysia but yr friendly neighbour.

RE: Urgent help on incubating star eggs Hi The eggs were hatched in a small incubator set at 31 degree. I did not put them on any sand for the first batch. A dish of some water is placed inside the incubator. Every day if the temperature gets higher than 31 degree, the incubator is switched...

Hi everyone am attaching 2 more pix : one of the 2nd baby, and one of the cracked egg which didn't survive, showing the formed tortoise in the egg sac. It was pulsating and had red blood vessels on the membrane. The baby turned somersaults inside the sac. It is just a pity it didn't survive.

Thanks Angi, I must say that I rush home everyday to look at my 2 baby tortoises and play with them. They are so adorable.[hr] Yeah, the first tortoise took 2 days to hatch and he always looked like he was smiling away. He would wave his flippers a bit, then take a rest and snuggle back...

Hi everyone, I last posted on 22 Oct 2009 about 7 star tortoise eggs laid in my garden. They were dug out and incubated at 31 degree C. I am very happy to report that 2 eggs had hatched - 1st one on 25 Feb 2010, about 4 months later, and the 2nd one on 1 May 2010, about 2 months after...

[hr] Hi Millerlite Thks for sharing the info. I was told that turtle eggs here in tropical countries can get drowned by rain, so I took the risk to dig them out and incubate them; rather than keep them covered with a overturned bucket for 3 months; just in case of heavy rainfall which seeps...

Hi Does anyone know how to tell if eggs are fertile? I have dug the eggs out and am incubating them at 34 degree centigrade. here's the foto. enjoy it.

Hi I have 2 females and a male. I saw them mating before. Not sure if eggs will be produced even if infertile ( as in chicken eggs). Attached a foto.

Hi I am new to this forum. Have a question. My star tortoise laid eggs yesterday in the garden by digging a hole. Wonderful sight of her laying the eggs. After laying the eggs, she covered the hole with the garden soil, pressed and stomped with her legs to flatten the soil. I have...