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I acquired 3 baby boxies from HermanniChris several months ago and set them up in a terrarium in my classroom. My students "discovered" that we had turtles when one of them chanced to see a little guy peeking out of the moss. That was an extremely rare occurrence up until Wednesday...

Here she is! I will need suggestions for setting her up. For now she's in a Christmas tree storage tub with forest moss, a big saucer for water, a slate to bask on, and a new MVB. She measures 5 1/4 inches long with the plastron closed, weighed 620 g. after that first worm. Her plastron is...

Last week, a fellow teacher offered me her "turtle." Not wanting to take on any RES, I asked her what kind it was. She said it was actually a tortoise, so I agreed to take it. She thought it was a gopher tortoise of some sort, and she's had it since last September, when her son found it walking...

I am setting up a terrarium in my classroom and will need to have some critters in it (for the purposes of science investigation). The lesson plans call for land snails, but it looks like they can't be shipped. The ones that live here are tiny flat snails and aren't around right now. ANYWAY, I'm...

My two large Vision tubs, purchased through LLLReptile, arrived in late July. I added soil, cypress mulch, and lights and planted them right away, although my torts were outside at the time. These pictures were taken today, the torts having lived in their habitat for close to three months now...

I purchased these two lovely girls hoping to one day have little Eastern Hermanns babies. Given the recent thread about prices of Hermanns and potential lack of future imports, and the possibility that recent imports have been mutts, I want to be sure about these girls. Apple. Peach...

I'm moving my Hermanns indoors soon and they will be going into a much larger indoor enclosure. More space means more lights, and I have a couple of questions. First, reading on the tortoise library site, Madkins says I can use fluorescent tube lights but need to balance the spectrum between...

Yes! One of my female eastern Hermanns is digging a hole! I'm excited and NOT PREPARED because I was hoping for this blessed event maybe next summer. Any who, no need to count my eggs before they're laid, right? Shopping list: vermiculite

I took my trusty temp gun outside this afternoon because I was planning to give a couple of torts a soak and wanted to check water temps. Our ambient temp was mid 80s. This is what I found: Front walk, south exposure 120 degrees. Dry soil, south exposure 112 degrees. Shaded dry soil, south...

I am offering my two 2010 G.p.p. for sale. These are tortoises I aquired from Tom. I don't know the gender of these tortoises but have given them girl names. Maggie weighs 906 grams and measures approx 6 1/4 inches long. She is active and eats everything in sight. She is currently outdoors...

I have two male (yes, I'm sure :)) Hermanns to sell. They are both about 4 1/2 inches long, just under 400 g. Both have a split scute. They came to me with some pyramiding. They have been eating and growing well. I am asking $150 each, plus shipping. Located in Rawlins, WY. PM me with any questions.

My house is on a corner lot. In addition to my own space, I also am somewhat responsible for two parkways that are 15x80 feet approx. The parkway on my west side was paved 40 years ago as a parking lot for the church across the street. Shortly after paving it, the church had an internal...

Late this afternoon I was heading to the yard to water when this caught my eye. The torts have been spending their days in the outdoor enclosure for that last two week. Pinky must be feeling enough at home to come out and enjoy the last rays of the sun. This is what Apple was doing at...

I'm planning to spend a week in Durango and the area. My reason for the trip is to finally see Mesa Verde. I will also visit Canyons of the Ancients and the ruins at Chimney Rock. My sweetie will be taking his bike and doing training rides in the area as well, getting ready for a 70 mile race at...

I would like to buy a couple of medium Vision Tubs, the ones that are 68x35x14" high. Actually, I did "order" two of them from Vision, online. That was the 9th of this month. I got the auto-reply in my email right away, but with no shipping info or anything. I emailed them for more info, and 7...

Gah!! One of my "female" Hermanns is a boy, and he likes to let it all hang out!! Yes, this will be Pinky's last day in the classroom because I don't feel like explaining male tort anatomy to the 6 year old crew. And that means I have an extra male Hermanns and only 1 female (fingers are...

When I lived in NE Montana, my fenced "yard" was an acre or so of mostly natural pasture, with Russian Crested wheatgrass planted in it. We didn't mow for the most part, grazed the horses in there sometimes, and the dogs were in the yard most of the time. When they pooped, there were these...

I never noticed the word as being a problem before I moved to WY. I thought it was the word "meteor" with the r pronounced, followed by the suffix "ologist." 6 syllables. For the last 3 years it has been driving me crazy. "This is youh day weathuh meteowologist Ewic Gahdinuh..." OR the guy who...

My little patch of earth is producing far more right now than my torts can eat. I would like to preserve some of the current bounty, to save me some money and trips to the grocery store this winter. Should I dry or freeze?

Introducing Camille! She turned 8 weeks old and came to live with us right before school ended. One of her litter mates looked more like my other Aussie, with more white on the face, and was my first choice until I actually met and played with the pups. The family had two little girls who were...