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  1. RonTheTortoise

    Posting video?

    You can load your video to YouTube and them copy and paste the URL and the video will show up in your thread, if that helps you!
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    Video: feeding a fuzzy to my tortoises

    The mouse were purchased frozen from the local pet store. My tortoises require protein in their diet and that is the way the natural food chain works.
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    Video: feeding a fuzzy to my tortoises

    CAUTION, this is not a video for the faint of heart! My boyfriend caught a time-lapse video of my three redfoots sharing a small fuzzy mouse. I can barely watch it but they defiantly enjoyed their treat!
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    Tortoise climbing issue

    My tortoises did this all the time! They would climb on the log and fall off, but never flipped themselves. I got so concerned about it injuring the bottom of the shell, I took away all their logs and we built a box shaped hide out, made of poster board. I wish I had a picture. But it was easy...
  5. RonTheTortoise

    Growth rates???

    And they are adults, i forgot to mention, haha
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    Growth rates???

    Their basking habits might have to do with climate. I got my girls about a year ago and before we got them, they were kept out in a garage and it was most likely too cold for them. And ever since we got them, they have had a habit of laying out under the warm lights. Thanks so much for your...
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    New Just have a few questions about food and age

    I'm sorry that I'm not here to answer your question but actually ask one, vargasmelissa, haha. But I was just wondering how you tested your tortoise for parasites? My tortoises had parasites last year and I had them on a regimen of medicine but I would like to keep checking them to make sure...
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    Growth rates???

    It's only 100 degrees in their basking spot, and I've read that they need a warmer spot to bask in the 90s range. We only keep it that hot because they seem to love it. My girls will lay directly under the bulb and stick all their legs out Just like that, haha. The rest of their tank is between...
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    Growth rates???

    The first picture is the tortoise I was specifically talking about, the second is of the humid room, where we have a basking spot that ranges from 90 degrees to 100 degrees and the humidity is at 60 with the fogger. The third picture is of the dry area with a running water source and that gets...
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    Growth rates???

    How fast is a red foot tortoise supposed to grow? I know it's probably different for each tortoise but I'm looking for an average. I've had my one red foot for almost two years and I've only noticed about 1/8th of an inch of growth measuring from the bottom of his shell in one year. I have not...
  11. RonTheTortoise

    Aggression???

    Do you mean separate them permanently or only during their soaks? Thanks for the response!
  12. RonTheTortoise

    Aggression???

    I have 3 redfoots (7-9 years), non-cherry heads as I know the cherry heads can be more aggressive by nature. Two are female, and the one female seems to have been nipping at the others' shells for awhile now and I just thought she was confused. But today we were soaking all of them in the same...
  13. RonTheTortoise

    Help!! Unknown black spot on head!!

    I put water on a q-tip and gently went at it, it rubbed off as a green blue color and pealed right off...weird?? My theory is maybe it was a zucchini skin that was a few days old, because I had someone else watching him over the weekend. Thanks for the responses!
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    Help!! Unknown black spot on head!!

    My tortoise has developed a black spot on his head and I am very concerned about it, can anyone tell me what it is? There is a picture attached. It looks like I may be able to peel it off.
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    I Need Help From an Expert! Shell Rot and etc.

    My male tortoise is now appearing with shell rot and I went out and got some Betadine to apply to the area and he is separated in a dry enclosure now. I did a lot of reading online and found out dirty water and mold may be causing the shell rot and it looks like my other tortoises are showing...
  16. RonTheTortoise

    OUTDOOR WOW!

    He is your little garden gnome! I wish baby tortoises would pop out of my veggie gardens!! But alls I get is worms and bugs...
  17. RonTheTortoise

    Melon Gum Shouldn't Exist

    I have thought the same thing so many times! When I see melon flavor I always ask myself why they call it melon and they can't be more specific.
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    It's parasites!

    It was panacur he gave me and that makes sense because we can see little rice looking things in their stool. Yeah, they weren't too thrilled about the taste of the medication but after a bit of coaxing they ate the recommended dose from the vet. We are to give them 1ml every week so do you think...
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    It's parasites!

    I posted a few weeks ago about having a sick red foot that we took to the vets. He was vomiting and not passing stool at all. Well, we finally got a decent stool sample and the vet confirmed it is indeed a parasite. And all three of our red foots have them now. We were given a de-wormer to put...
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    Help! Vomiting redfoot

    To be fair, his stool sample was small. He hasn't really had much bowel movements for the past few weeks, and when he did it was slimy and mucusy looking, and that is a main reason we are very concerned. I heard infrared thermometers can be pretty cheap and that way I can take more accurate...
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