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    Red foot babies

    Picture of latest hatchlings after soaking.
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    Illinois reptile owners please read

    Was just doing an internet search and noticed a house Bill (SB2362) that has been introduced and is making its way through the IL senate. You probably have to be a lawyer to understand it but sounds like if passed it would spell trouble for any of us in IL who owns turtles or tortoises...
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    Red foot egg

    Short video of red foot egg
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    Security camera

    So going to AZ next weekend to visit my daughter. So got a foscam security camera so I will be able to check on my hatchlings thru my iphone while i am gone impressed with it so far.
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    New tortoise enclosure

    Building this for my hatchlings. Will post more pictures as progress continues. Next is to cut and put liner in. Using a rigid plastic. 1/4 in thick which looks like corrugated cardboard. Thinking of trying next time Core plast which is used as backing for signs...
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    Red foot hatchlings

    A group picture hatchlings. Two from one female and other two from another. And small one from yet another female.
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    One egg

    My one red foot laid one egg last fall which was not buried. Checked incubator today and this is what i saw.
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    Red foot hatchlings

    I could not get to post from yesterday but just soaked the two red foots from same clutch that hatched a month apart. There were only two eggs that were laid.
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    Parse error

    Just started to post pictures from my iphone 4s yesterday. Trying to get back to my original post to put new pictures on and going thru my profile to find original post when i click on post i keep getting a message. Says. Parse error The [hr] Then says the remote server aent an unknown...
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    New hatchlings

    These hatchlings are now a month old.
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    Iphone 4s

    I have once again tried to post pictures of my hatchling red foots but have had no success. Can someone who knows how to post pictures with iphone help once again. Thanks
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    Redfoot eggs

    I had two eggs laid 9-17-12. One hatched 12-28-12 and the other has not can i consider the second egg is bad seeing that it has been about 4 weeks from when the first one hatched.
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    Danger of trapdoor snails

    I had 5 hatchling painted turtles set up in a tank and all were doing good seemed healthy and then one died, it really bothered me as why the one had died and kept wondering why such a healthy looking turtle died. So a week goes by and I just happen to be checking on the hatchlings and there...
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    My red foot week in review

    Back on Oct 12 one of my younger red foots laid three eggs in my outdoor enclosure. The were laying on the cypress mulch and each egg was in a different spot. Reading that when eggs are laid on top of soil there is a good chance they are not fertile. Anyway they were placed in my incubator...
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    russian info

    I have been going to our local Lowes and getting plants that are on clearance anyway the guy working in the plant section said today that he has had a Russian tortoise for 9 years and uses ripped up newspaper for the substrate and feeds it a lot of mixed vegetables, I told him about the tort...
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    iphone4s

    I got an iphone4s at christmas and have been taking pictures with it. I am impressed with the quality of the pictures it takes. Is it possible to post pictures from my iphone on the forum? And if so were do I find information on how to do it.
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    Kent carbon recall

    Got an e-mail that there has been a recall on Kent marine carbon, if anyone has purchased it in the last few months you might want to google Kent marine recall for details, sounds like heavy metals in it. Wonder what country it is from.
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    cactus pad fruit

    Found a store that has cactus pad fruit. They had green and red fruits, I asked one of the employees if the green fruit would turn red and was told no. If that is correct is there one that would be better to feed my red foots. The green ones were a little cheaper. Also got some of the red...
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    exo terra swamp basking spot light

    Picked up an exo terra swamp basking spot to try out. They say that they are splash proof. I got the 50 watt to try out, wonder if anyone has experience using these and the average life of the bulbs, the 50 watt was 10 dollars.
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    ornamental cabbage, flowering kale

    In my area there is ornamental cabbage plants for sale in the fall, They can take some pretty cold weather. Was thinking it could be one of the last outside collected food before winter, but don't know if it would be something that my red foots could eat. Is anyone familiar with this plant?
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