Your tortoise is a Kinixys nogueyi - Western Hingeback Tortoise.
As far as setup, temps, diet, humidity etc, David Mifsud has pulled together a great document that will help. You can find it hosted on my website for download at the following link...
Bill, thank you for sharing those - I do remember seeing some of these while digging through the forums here.
Would you mind sending me an email: [email protected]
A colleague of mine is having success with a new incubation method with Kinixys - give me a ring this weekend and I can share more. Maybe it will be useful for Chersina...
Cheers!
Yes, this is definitely Kinixys homeana and not Kinixys erosa, but when they are young they can be easy to mix up! Bill, would you please share some photos of your Kinixys groups? I would love to see what you were working with.
Jeremy Thompson
TheKinixysCooperative.com
Kinixys certainly in South Africa readily feed on millipedes - I have seen it first hand in the field. I am sure wherever millipedes and Kinixys are present, Kinixys feed on them, regardless of species.
I am unsure how safe millipedes other than the African Giant Millipede are to feed to...
Dan,
I am just seeing your post now, but yes it was horrible to hear of her passing. I was fortunate to make it down to the cape to meet Retha and Ernst Baard in 2018 at the tail end of a Kinixys-focused trip. She was a gem of a human and instrumental in protecting South African chelonians...
Dan, congratulations on the successful hatching!
Your method for incubation is very similar to what I am using successfully for Kinixys. I have temp data on the fluctuations that they are experiencing re-buried in the lay substrate and the low is 68.8 degrees with the high at 82.0. They are...
Thanks for the update! Would you mind sharing photos of some from all three groups A B and C? The two pictured look quite different in coloration - I don’t think I have seen one raised like in the first photo. All of my CB impressa look like the one chasing your hand. Both beautiful specimens...
Meet Dill, a 2019 Kinixys zombensis
This one is extra special to me, and I am proud to say that it hatched here at The Kinixys Cooperative
The morning of September 16th I got up early, fed the tortoises, and for some reason decided to check on the Zom eggs. I incubate them buried in a few...
I am late to the party, but congratulations on your Chersina hatchling! I hope to see many more post like this to follow. They were an incredible species to experience in situ.
My smallest female that was raised from a hatchling laid her first clutch at double that size. That doesn't mean that the wont lay eggs smaller, but I would get her above 600g before pairing her if she was here. Beautiful pair. I would love to see some close up shots of the face/beaks.
Gabriel, I agree. They reminded me a lot of your female. I believe Sam had moved this group on to another keeper. I wonder if any offspring were produced.
Hello Teal
I would love to give him a good home. I am currently working with various Kinixys species and specialize in that genus. I am well versed in their care requirements and would even be able to get him into a breeding project here to help contribute to propagating his species. Please...