ehBeth
 
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Reply Sat 17 Dec, 2011 11:03 am
@jcboy,
I don't care what anyone says, I like Henry.

I see what you mean about the shape of his shell. It's quite high.
jcboy
 
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Reply Sat 17 Dec, 2011 11:08 am
@ehBeth,
Some say its diet that causes that, I don’t believe it. They both eat the same foods and Harry isn’t doing that. I think it’s growing spurts, Henry had that a year ago then he grew and his shell smoothed out, now it’s pyramiding again which I believe means he’s just going through another growing spurt.
jcboy
 
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Reply Sat 17 Dec, 2011 11:21 am
@jcboy,
This will be Henry in about five years.

http://www.rainforest-pets.com/images/exotic-animals/spur-thigh.jpg
MMarciano
 
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Reply Sat 17 Dec, 2011 11:28 am
@jcboy,
I can hardly wait.
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jcboy
 
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Reply Sat 31 Dec, 2011 01:13 pm
I bought a large plastic bin for Henry & Harry to soak in. The laundry room sink was a bit too small. Had them soaking outside getting some sun today.

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/5608/henryharry123111.jpg
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jcboy
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2012 07:06 pm
Antonio let the Tortoises out again. Found one, the other is missing.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6141/henry012412.jpg
Rockhead
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2012 07:08 pm
@jcboy,
did you check the clothes hamper?
jcboy
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2012 07:11 pm
@Rockhead,
LOL We found him in the tub, he put him there so he would walk around but not escape Smile
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2012 07:22 pm
@jcboy,
that tortoise is giving the camera quite a look
jcboy
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2012 07:34 pm
@ehBeth,
He's camera shy Cool
ehBeth
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2012 08:16 pm
@jcboy,
you crack me up

Laughing

never at a loss for words eh
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Butrflynet
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2012 09:00 pm
@jcboy,
Sounds like you could use a TPS (tortoise positioning satellite) system for the little ones.

http://blog.telenav.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/25/gps_turtle.jpg

http://www.tracking-system.com/for-consumers/gps-personal-tracking-system/156-gps-tracking-turtles.html
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EqualityFLSTPete
 
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Reply Wed 25 Jan, 2012 01:54 pm
Everytime I stop by their house he hands me one of the tortoises to hold, I don't want to hold them! Confused
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jcboy
 
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Reply Sun 5 Feb, 2012 10:02 am
hehehe, this will be us in a few years!

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg210/scaled.php?server=210&filename=tortoisek.jpg&res=medium
jcboy
 
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Reply Mon 16 Apr, 2012 05:34 pm
I’m starting to build a new outdoor Tortoise pen, just started the ground work today. It will be completely enclosed and have a tortoise house they can go into to get out of the heat when they need to. Plus screened in on top to keep the dogs out.

I’m using these stones as the flooring, has to be stone or they will dig their way out. 4 x 8 foot should be big enough for two to three years then I’ll have to enlarge it.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg32/scaled.php?server=32&filename=tortoisepen.jpg&res=landing
EqualityFLSTPete
 
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Reply Tue 17 Apr, 2012 05:26 am
@jcboy,
Forget the goats and just get two more turtles, maybe a few frogs to go along with them Very Happy
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Tue 17 Apr, 2012 05:38 am
@jcboy,
jcboy wrote:
He’s an African Sulcata tortoise, I have two.
Henry is 3 years old and Harry is two. They double in size every year it seems. Smile
Thay r babies.
I have always been a pro-turtle person.



I rescued a turtle 1ce, in Upstate, NY.

Turtles go back into the Triassic Period of the Messozoic Era,
around c.2OO,OOO,OOO years ago.
Thay r older than T-Rexes and a lotta other dinosaurs.

Thay don 't care about falling asteroids; ( thay have their shells ).





David
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Tue 17 Apr, 2012 06:04 am
@jcboy,
jcboy wrote:
I’m starting to build a new outdoor Tortoise pen, just started the ground work today.
It will be completely enclosed and have a tortoise house they can go into to get out of the heat
when they need to.
U shud put in a nice TV for them; maybe an air conditioner.




jcboy wrote:
Plus screened in on top to keep the dogs out.
Thay shud have good security.


jcboy wrote:
I’m using these stones as the flooring, has to be stone or they will dig their way out.
4 x 8 foot should be big enough for two to three years then I’ll have to enlarge it.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg32/scaled.php?server=32&filename=tortoisepen.jpg&res=landing
Those r ALL very BEAUTIFUL turtle pictures!





David
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Tue 17 Apr, 2012 06:06 am
@EqualityFLSTPete,
EqualityFLSTPete wrote:
Forget the goats and just get two more turtles,
maybe a few frogs to go along with them Very Happy
Do frogs get along well with turtles ??





David
EqualityFLSTPete
 
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Reply Tue 17 Apr, 2012 02:03 pm
@OmSigDAVID,
Not sure but Morgan hates it when I call them turtles Wink

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