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CB in my home-Russian and Cherry head Red foot babies available. $475 each plus shipping if needed. Eating well, gaining weight-soaked daily. Shipping available -located in Manitoba, Canada Feel free to ask questions. Thanks Louise C and C Tortoises www.candctortoises.com

Hi I've been trying to determine the sex of this little one for a year or two. Can anyone sex him or her for me please?(Sorry photos are not amazing-I can take more if needed) Much appreciated Thanks:tort::)...

Hello I got a pancake egg tonight!! (My 2 eggs from last March eventually went bad) Hoping this one is fertile. Any tried and proven humidity suggestions for incubation? I have a incubator containing red foot eggs and they are at 80% humidity. I assume this is too high for pancakes? I...

I have a few questions for you all regarding my female red foot .She came to me last September, she is about 10-11yrs old and 9 inches carapace length. She has been bred a few times recently and we found an egg a couple of days ago(Sunday)-we think it was this tortoise that laid it (Ruby)...

HI Still looking hard for Kinixys belliena nogueyi(Bells hinge back/western hinge back) in Canada. I have two healthy CB males(Jingle and Spud) and we are looking out for females ideally but a pair or babies would be fine too They would be very well looked after and I intend to set up a...

Well today was the final day for the tortoise room in the basement. Its been a long project and we are almost ready to move the tortoises to their new enclosures. My husband built a new room and made 5 large enclosures and because we only had a 10 ft by 9 ft space available we built two pens...

HI These eggs were laid by my female on March 19th. I took photos tonight but to be honest there was a very slight odour. I assume this is a negative sign although these are my 1st tortoise eggs so not sure what is normal yet.:rolleyes: They have been kept at 79 for a planned diapause thus far...

Hi I have been checking prices and availability of tube UVB bulbs and I was looking into T5 bulbs but i am finding that the fixtures and bulb lengths available don't always match up well with T5. Wondered if T5 are any better than T8 as T8 seem to have more flexible options for lengths and...

Will one 4 foot UVB light in a 8ft x 3.5 foot pen be adequate? It would be centered in the pen so some of the UVB rays would extend out somewhat. Or do we need tubes running the full length of pen. (We are making new pens for all of the species we own.) We are looking at these too...

I was wondering if tortoises absorb UV through the shell or just their skin? Today although it was cold here, my deck was in full sun and I took out some of my tortoises one by one and sat them on my knee in a tub warm water for a few mins as we are so sun deprived here. They really seemed...

Hi I have only had my pair for a few weeks here so I was surprised to see the female digging over the last few days. Her digging is on and off and the substrate isn't deep enough so I filled a large tub with peat moss yesterday and placed it under the MVB bulb.She had a look once but since...

Hi I have had this pair for a few weeks already. The male is the darker one.Supposed to be a breeding pair but male is significantly smaller and lighter than the female.

My other male wasn't as shy about his photo shoot!

I was waiting for him to eat a worm with camera ready but no way!!!

Hi I was watching the following Dr Mercola video interview yesterday and was wondering how can we over do the D vitamin in tortoises? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SPRbj2EjU38 The clip demonstrated that humans can take huge amounts (well above the RDA) with no ill...

Hi Just to let you know that my battling baby finally gave up this afternoon. he was about 9mths old and never grew-still like a hatchling.(21g) We have tube fed him for 6mths and we noticed the last 2 days he was getting a lot weaker. been a tough week having lost my new hinges too...

Hi Anyone know of anywhere selling larger quantities of Spaghnum moss or similar in Canada or will ship to Canada? I only ever see small bags that are costly. Thanks

HI I have had a pair of Spekii hinges for over 2 weeks.The female I have seen eat a couple of times(she ate grapes and mushroom) but I have to be very well hidden -they seem to have excellent hearing, sight! She has defecated in soak waters and will move probably only once a day-very quiet and...

Hi What should I ask my vet to do in terms of method of fecal examination to determine parasites such as flagyletes, hexamita, and the other usual type parasites. I think a floatation is done upon request and also the usual smear for the microscope.(I think these are the only methods that...

HI I have been monitoring my new Spekes Hinges poop. They are not very active as yet and not eating much if anything. I wonder if anyone can shed any light on contents of this poop found in soak water last night?? There are translucent bits at 6 oclock and 7 oclock. I have seen arrow...