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    Russian Breeding Group

    I've finally got my Russian breeding group witch consists of two males and six females. This is a thread I will visit over the years as I attempted to establish a viable breeding group. My effort to help stop the imports of wild caught animals by providing captive breed hatchlings. I know I went...
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    Issues With Weights and Ratios?

    Had a nice vet bill today because I had fecal smears done on all my torts. Everyone is parasite and protozoan free but there were elevated levels of bacteria in my Russian and Hermanns. My Marginated were a OK. She put the Russians and Hermanns on SMZ liquid antibiotic for the next ten days...
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    Hibernation Nightmare!

    Having a bad day, was weighing my hibernating tortoises this morning when I touched the leg of one of my favorite marginted and she's not moving. Took her out warmed her up for an hour and a half then tried a warm soak. No good no movement. It's freaked me out enough that I woke everyone up. She...
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    Been busy with new creation!

    Hey everyone, I did it! Decided on a new pair of eastern Hermanns torts. Getting them through ATC and already placed my order. Very excited! So with new arrivals coming I've been busy. My wife is not as big as a tortoise fanatic like me but she puts up with my madness. So to please her I'm...
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    What size should females be?

    Just wondering about my females, I have 2 Russians and 2 eastern Hermanns. All have had coitus but never seen any signs of being gravid. They're all over 6 inches (less than 7) and the male Russian is 6 inches and my male Hermann almost 6. Without getting x-rays is there any other way to tell if...
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    Northeast Ohio Tortoise owner looking for a local club

    Hello everyone! Obviously I live in Northeast Ohio and I'm interested in joining a tortoise club somewhat close. I live about an hour east of Cleveland and am willing to travel an hour for meetings or gatherings. Just would like to meet people with one of my passions in life. The weather will be...
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    sex temp female...male?

    Well this spring i bought three new Marginated torts (from UR) they were temp sex for female but today during their soak Chloe showed me something that made me rename it to Joey. Or should i say him...... my only concern is that all the tails look alike. Could my luck be that bad to end up with...
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    RI in my tortoise

    When is it OK to reintroduce a tortoise who has had a respiratory infection back into the rest of my creep? She has had no signs for the last week and is eating again regularly again, she has been in isolation for a month now. No signs of runny nose, teary eyes, or any gasping. She still gets...
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    Out Working On My Russians/Marginated Out Enclosure

    Updated my outdoor Russian enclosure, Hope everyone enjoys. First i made it larger for my creep and added a green house. Still need to work on the landscaping and plants.The little part in front will be for my new Marginated Chloe and Zoe, The one on the left will be for unruly male Russians...
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    Two New Marginated

    I just got two marginated torts, one is 4.5 inches and the other is 4.75. They'er supposed to be females and are staying in a kiddie pool with plenty of room to get away from each other if they choose. Every time i look in they seem to be hanging out in the same area, either under the heat light...
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    Shedding Skin Around Tail & Small Sore HELP

    Took my Hermann tort out of hibernation almost two weeks ago and now i'm starting to notice shedding skin around her tail. I know shedding around the neck and head is normal but this is something new for me. Any ideas, I've been soaking her 3 to 4 times a week since i took her out of...
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    pic heavy What Sub-Species do i have?

    I think these are my Testudo horsfieldii horsfieldii tortoise 1 tortoise 2 tortoise 3 Testudo horsfieldii rustamovi tortoise 4 tortoise 5 Testudo horsfieldii kazachstanica tortoise 6 They are all rescues and most say the got them from petsmart/petco, or from a friend. Any...
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    My new rescue/ Scares of a dog attack

    Hey everyone, i rescued this poor girl. as you can see she (kira) got chewed on. The white parts, after her soaks, seems to peel off and appears to have new growth underneath. Even her plastron has teeth marks and her gular scutes seem to have been gnawed off. Now my question is...
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    Winding down for the winter.

    Hey every one haven't been on because i'm out doors a lot. Started out with one male eastern hermann....ended up with 3 Hermanns (1.2) and 4 Russians (2.2). I've decided they must be kept outdoors so here was my attempt at some outdoor pens. Kept the Hermanns in this 21'x9' Does that seem...
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    New Tort Owner

    Hi out there, not very computer savvy, but here goes. I'd been thinking about getting a tortoise and thought let me check craigslist as well as other sites. Well low and behold a pair of golden greek come up for sale fairly close to where i live. I have the person send me a pic, it's small but...
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