Dream Come True...

[Anthony P]

After bothering just about everyone I could find, I was able to grab a new four-pack of my ultimate goal for chelonian keeping. These are my holy grail species, and I am just so excited about it. Thanks for checkin out the photos and thanks to anyone whom I may have pestered in my efforts to acquire this awesome species.

 

[Abdulla6169]

Congrats

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who has trouble figuring out the picture part of the new format.

OMG! Those babies are SO TINY!!! At first I couldn't even see the baby in the big enclosure. I'm wondering what the configuration is. It looks like a tub within a tub?? A tub inside a tub-full of sand??? Interesting.

 

[Abdulla6169]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who has trouble figuring out the picture part of the new format.

OMG! Those babies are SO TINY!!! At first I couldn't even see the baby in the big enclosure. I'm wondering what the configuration is. It looks like a tub within a tub?? A tub inside a tub-full of sand??? Interesting.

I'm also curious, what the set up?

 

[Anthony P]

Thanks so much for looking guys! I can't see the pics at all. I think my mac has some kind of virus, because the pics are just a scrambled dunce of pink, black and lime green bars. It's impossible to make out what they are.

Anyway, the enclosure is a small Waterland Tub with both the water and land portions just filled in with substrate. The substrate is layered mix of different items. First, a LDL, or lightweight drainage layer, popular with hydroponic growers. Then, there's a layer of peat moss and organic topsoil. That's covered by cypress mulch and sphagnum, to hold some moisture and to provide ground cover for the tortoises. The plants in the enclosure are a mix of sanserveria, Crassula, Sedum, and another succulent.

 

[Abdulla6169]

Thanks so much for looking guys! I can't see the pics at all. I think my mac has some kind of virus, because the pics are just a scrambled dunce of pink, black and lime green bars. It's impossible to make out what they are.

Anyway, the enclosure is a small Waterland Tub with both the water and land portions just filled in with substrate. The substrate is layered mix of different items. First, a LDL, or lightweight drainage layer, popular with hydroponic growers. Then, there's a layer of peat moss and organic topsoil. That's covered by cypress mulch and sphagnum, to hold some moisture and to provide ground cover for the tortoises. The plants in the enclosure are a mix of sanserveria, Crassula, Sedum, and another succulent.

The pics are clear here, don't worry

 

[Anthony P]

Awesome! Great to hear that you guys can see them at least. Did the closeups of the tortoises show up, or just the shots of the enclosure?

 

[Abdulla6169]

Awesome! Great to hear that you guys can see them at least. Did the closeups of the tortoises show up, or just the shots of the enclosure?

There is a close up of a tort! Don't worry, it's a problem in your computer that we can't see

 

[Anthony P]

Hahaha, thanks. That's funny

 

[bouaboua]

Awesome! Great to hear that you guys can see them at least. Did the closeups of the tortoises show up, or just the shots of the enclosure?

Yes. It did show up.

Great pics and those little guy are so cute.

 

[baseballturtle48]

Wonderful accomplishment, Anthony! I like using the small Waterland Tub for small torts, too. It's pretty versatile.

The pics all show up fine for me, and I'm looking at them on a Kindle Fire HDX.

 

[markooij82]

I envy you with those incredibly beautiful new species and animals!

 

[Jabuticaba]

They're gorgeous! Congrats!


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[Anthony P]

Thank you so much guys. So far so good with them. They seem to like the succulents that I've planted in their enclosure more than the minced greens, veggies and mushrooms I've provided.

 

[littleginsu]

OMG! They have stripes?!? Is there any shade or pattern tortoises/turtles don't come in?!? What species is this?

 

[Flipper]

Real cuties

But I'm a silly newbie What species are they?

 

[Anthony P]

These are Malagasy Flat-tailed Tortoises (Pyxis planicauda).

 

[Anthony P]

Good Morning ;-)

 

[Tim/Robin]

Awesome!!

 

[baseballturtle48]

Hello little one! So adorable.