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oh good image, thanks!

Yvonne Does the reptibator have room enough for large MEE eggs?

Welcome!

How cute! are they M.e.emys or M.e.phayrei?

The vet was very pleased to see her today; I was surprised to learn she weighs 33lbs! He gave her an oxytocin injection and so far she has laid 6 more eggs. She's eating dandelion, prickly pear mushrooms, sweetpeppers, and blackberries this evening with a CaD3 topper :-)

This pic shows the odd scutes on Buttercup's back. I think his plastral scutes are odd as well, but I have no other elongated to compare. Suzy

Phil can be a boy or girl name i.e. Philomena :-) Means "friend of strength"

Congratulations! So cute

This is My Elongated Tortoise, Buttercup. Given to me about six years ago. He was maybe 3-4 inches then, his scutes were a bit dishy. He is a CB, born with an irregular scute pattern. He's grown quite a bit since then. Much more wary and nervous than my other torts. Suzy

some varieties of prickly pear aren't as hardy as others, I live in zone 5 and some types can't survive our cold winters. I found some hardy variety growing wild here and replanted it. Seemed to like sandy, low-nutrient soil.

I think in mexican/hispanic grocery stores it is called Nopales. and they seem to have a larger quantity on hand than run-of-the-mill grocery stores.

That would be very useful, thanks! Suzy

Beautiful!

so it's kind of like being on a dimmer?

Thanks! That's much more efficient than me raising and lowering the fixture :-D

Thank you all for the welcome :-). This evening I talked to Lady Lumpy's previous owner who initially rescued her, and we worked out that she has been in captivity for 20yrs. She has a tether hole in one of her marginals from being wild-caught. mrscruffy She could not have mated with Buttercup...

How do you control the CHE output with the thermostat? I didn't know that could be done. Suzy

Yvonne I found eggs in the mound, but also elsewhere in the pen...I'm sure it's her first time laying... It's been 6 years since she has been housed with a male. So I'm incubating some eggs just on the off-chance they might be fertile. I thought she might not have laid them all in the nest...

burmese brown still laying My burmese brown mountain tortoise, now named Lady Lumpy, has laid 7 more eggs in the last 2 days, more than a week after laying the first 14. Does anyone else have experience with breeding this species? I would like to hear about others' experiences. suzy

Thanks, Mikeh She is 14.5 inches (36cm) SCL. She was probably about 10 inches SCL when I got her, and she's grown about 4 inches or so in straight length in the last 5 years. Her carapace was flatter, too. Now she has "domed up" and increased more than 4 inches in girth. I did give her some...