Last week, I found a little surprise in the garden. It was looking at me, just as I was leaving for work. Needless to say, I was late to work that day.
After I had left, my wife found two more little eyes in the garden.
A horrible thing happened almost two weeks ago, my sister in law drove her car over my adult female Impressa Betty. I dropped my breakfast, as I heard her start to drive followed by a crunch (everyone who comes over to my house is told check your car for torts). But as I ran outside I heard her...
Hi Forum,
I have been on the road in Laos and came across these shells. I can see Impressa, Elongated, Keeled and plastic frog! But what are the bottom two shells on the right?
Pity, I arrived too late for these torts.
Cheers
Scruffy
Hi,
http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/site/tortoise_home_1.asp
It is a great resource and the creators deserve credit for all of the work they put into it, but I wonder how developed is the science underpinning a lot of the claims about specific plants? I presume that not much toxicity...
Just thought I would share an update on my Manouria Impressa, both are very well adjusted to captivity. They eat a good mixed diet, interestingly Ernest only recently started to eat things I consider unnatural for a Manouria’s diet, cooked pumpkin and carrot; whereas Betty loved such foods...
Surprise Elongated,
I found myself in a situation of angst that most tortoise/turtle lovers can relate to recently. My sister in law turned up with a juvenile elongated tortoise which she purchased while passing through a rural market. I was ill prepared to the arrival, but I just couldn’t...
Hi,
I thought I would share pics of a juvenile WC Impressa I acquired this week. I soaked him first and he was agitated from captivity and his journey. Then I left him alone to calm down and get acclimatised. He seems very healthy with the exception of two holes on his outer carapace which...
I have been stalking the forum and absorbing much useful knowledge for a while now. I have been keeping Curoa Ambonesis but yearned for some torts but had to wait until I built a house. I only wanted a native species to Laos, because I know too well the pressure that there native habitat is...