ALDABRA TORTOISE BREEDER

[DanaLachney]

Lol that's funny

 

[Zamric]

I think someone made a referance to Smartcars for size comparisons!

 

[jkingler]

Think they would take offense at being compared to so-called 'Smart'cars?

P.S. These guys are just way too cool for me, with their fancy cameras and their cool shells and well manicured nails...

 

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[ALDABRAMAN]

Think they would take offense at being compared to so-called 'Smart'cars?

P.S. These guys are just way too cool for me, with their fancy cameras and their cool shells and well manicured nails...

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LOL Good thing she didn't decide to lay down, crunch

I know, we have four cameras..that was not a cheap one, lol!

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How big does an adult Aldabra get?

Males can get over 600 pounds, females can get over 300 pounds. I have seen very few females over 250 pounds. I have seen two females in person that looked very large and should be over 300 pounds. The challenge is getting a true weight on then, they are so big and unless you have the resources of the proper scales, almost impossible! When we purchased our tortoises the zoo keeper related the weights of two of our males, however that was many years ago. Our smallest female is about 120 pounds and our largest female is for sure over 200 pounds. Two of our hatchlings from 2001 that are local and at one of my customers place both are well over 100 pounds. One is female and one is male. I have seen a 40 year old captive raised male that was just over 600 pounds.

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they don't make portable scales large enough to find out..... we just say REAL BIG!

 

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[Jerry7777]

I love all of your pics Greg and look at them daily. I can't wait til my little girl gets that big! I will hopefully be looking for a male next year. Do you incubate for males and females by temp sexing?

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

I love all of your pics Greg and look at them daily. I can't wait til my little girl gets that big! I will hopefully be looking for a male next year. Do you incubate for males and females by temp sexing?

Thank you, I play it safe and incubate all but our last clutch at 86f.

 

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[zesty_17]

always love looking at your group!

 

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[tortoises101]

By far one of the most natural hatchling nurseries I have ever seen.

 

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[DanaLachney]

Stop making everyone wanna go out and get an Aldabra just playing ...but seriously