ALDABRA TORTOISE BREEDER

[ALDABRAMAN]

One of my long time buddies from college days stopped by today and found me working with the tortoises. For the first time he heard mating sounds, needless to say what his facial expression implied! Anyway, I told him to grab my camera that is always hanging on the fence and just start taking as many shots as you possible can. He took over one hundred, this was basically the best one!

 

[Flipper]

OMG! That's one strong lady tort. They need a cigarette! :rofl:

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

OMG! That's one strong lady tort. They need a cigarette! :rofl:

* Miss Godly, she is strong and our biggest female!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Babies are so cute

* This age is especially fun to watch the first growth lines develop!

 

[Flipper]

Just amazing!

I love the bed of lettuce they're laying on

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Just amazing!

I love the bed of lettuce they're laying on

* When it dries up, it just becomes bedding. This way there is no way of them eating anything not a food source. This picture you can see the older brown stuff way in the back where they sleep and hide. Back in the day we noticed that the hatchlings would pick and eat anything in sight, therefore we now went this route and never have any blockage or constipation issues. We usually use lettuces, cactus, grasses, weeds, and leaves!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

This little guy chooses to sleep in the new green stuff!

 

[Flipper]

If I was a tort, I'd prefer to sleep in a lovely pink flower and feel like a princess! Lol

 

[bouaboua]

* This age is especially fun to watch the first growth lines develop!

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Look at the color of those guys.

I will made this photo to a Christmas Card.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Look at the color of those guys.

I will made this photo to a Christmas Card.

* It takes about ten days to change to black!

 

[TortoiseDVM]

Is this a clutch of Sandy's? It's hard to tell, but it looks as though a couple hatchlings are of the unusual variety that lack a nuchal scute... very awesome

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Is this a clutch of Sandy's? It's hard to tell, but it looks as though a couple hatchlings are of the unusual variety that lack a nuchal scu te... very awesome

* You remembered! Yes, this is Sandy's third clutch this year!

 

[TortoiseDVM]

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Nice line up opportunity so I can get the males' names straight... Can you do a left to right roll call? Thanks!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

the males' names straight... Can you do a left to right roll call? Thanks!

Alfa, Cowboy, and Homer



Sampson



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[TortoiseDVM]

Alfa, Cowboy, and Homer
Sampson

Thank you for the roll call! And yes I remember... keeping track as I'm secretly planning to build a herd with at least one from every one of your girls Is Homer lacking a nuchal scute or is it the angle?


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[sibi]

OMG! That's one strong lady tort. They need a cigarette! :rofl:

That's one big tongue kiss!! Just look at how big his mouth opens

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Is Homer lacking a nuchal scute ?


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* He is not, all of our adult breeders have nuchal scutes. This picture of Homer shows his nuchal scute, it is only visible from underneath!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Just look at how big his mouth opens

 

[sibi]

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WOW!!!!! If a finger got caught in his mouth, could you lose it?

 

[taza]

So adorable!