I know that everyone loves pics of baby tortoises.... and I am so very proud of my little Margie group.
I have been raising them with a slightly more relaxed version of the 'hot/humid' methods that Tom uses on his Leos and Sulcata babies, and that Melissa has used for years for her RT babies. I am so happy with the extra-smooth growth I'm seeing. It is SO worth all the work!
These two are my little ones, Blossom (the lighter one) and Bubbles (the darker one). They were hatched by Gary (GBtortoises), and arrived here in WONDERFUL health when they were just 16g small. Now these two are 92g and 148g, and growing all the time!
Here are my 3 Margies all together:
From left to right, Bubbles, Buttercup, Blossom. Buttercup came from a local 'accidental' breeder. I got her when she was about 9 months old.
Now that it is warm, the tortoises get to spend several hours every day outside. The baby enclosure is covered with a chickenwire frame, to protect them from predators. Here is a pic of the converted koi pond - they will outgrow this by next year. In this picture it is still very sparse, but the weeds are growing, and I make sure to put a nice big pile of weeds in there for them. They do have water in there, it just wasn't in the pic.
I have been raising them with a slightly more relaxed version of the 'hot/humid' methods that Tom uses on his Leos and Sulcata babies, and that Melissa has used for years for her RT babies. I am so happy with the extra-smooth growth I'm seeing. It is SO worth all the work!
These two are my little ones, Blossom (the lighter one) and Bubbles (the darker one). They were hatched by Gary (GBtortoises), and arrived here in WONDERFUL health when they were just 16g small. Now these two are 92g and 148g, and growing all the time!
Here are my 3 Margies all together:
From left to right, Bubbles, Buttercup, Blossom. Buttercup came from a local 'accidental' breeder. I got her when she was about 9 months old.
Now that it is warm, the tortoises get to spend several hours every day outside. The baby enclosure is covered with a chickenwire frame, to protect them from predators. Here is a pic of the converted koi pond - they will outgrow this by next year. In this picture it is still very sparse, but the weeds are growing, and I make sure to put a nice big pile of weeds in there for them. They do have water in there, it just wasn't in the pic.