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  1. HI Tortoise Rescue

    Album of our rescues

    Here's my first album. The one under Gallery doesn't work, & gives me a Server Error every time I try to save even one photo. As we seldom rescue juveniles, & don't let our rescues breed, most of my photos will be of adults. Ken
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    Juvenile Aldabra growth-rates

    Okay, as I promised, please check out the growth rate of our 4 juvenile Aldabras in this graph. Bob, Ginny, & Bolo were all born in late 2010, & while we're not sure about Thor (he was a rescue), our herpetologist friend from the Honolulu Zoo told us that he is approximately 8 years old. Thor...
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    Keeping males from fighting

    We have 2 huge (200+ pound) males that we keep in separate pens, but one of them managed to bulldoze though 6" of wood into the other pen, & this morning, we found them fighting, gular to gular. There are no females nearby, & we're not sure why they're doing this dominance battle. Does anyone...
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    Aloha, again

    Thanks to member DandR, who reminded me that I hadn't posted in a few years, & also donated two Sulcata into our care. My wife & I run a turtle & tortoise rescue facility out here in Hawaii, & we're up to 47 permanent residents as of yesterday. We have rescued many species, including Aldabra...
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    Aloha from Hawaii

    My wife & I run a turtle & tortoise rescue home, & accept 3-4 new arrivals each month. If healthy & pass a 60-day quarantine, new arrivals either become part of our "herd" or are donated to the Honolulu Zoo. We don't breed our tortoises, either. We are acquiring two captive-bred juvenile...
  6. HI Tortoise Rescue

    Aloha from Hawaii

    My wife & I run a turtle & tortoise rescue home, & accept 3-4 new arrivals each month. If healthy & pass a 60-day quarantine, new arrivals either become part of our "herd" or are donated to the Honolulu Zoo. We don't breed our tortoises, either. We are acquiring two captive-bred juvenile...
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