Missus got her tank! :)
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PlanetRemulak
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Can’t wait!That's the pic from Wiki, but yeah... he'll get there one day.
Right now we're hoping he'll get big enough that we can actually see him!
Klyde O'Scope
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Yes, and this locale is the smallest of the smaller. Not much dome yet; I guess that's where the daily soaks are supposed to help.
He has a new aspiration though...
Klyde O'Scope
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Oh Joy... He's a "morning person." 
Right from the get-go, his day ends at 1-2 pm. He does all his tortoise stuff before that, then takes a leisurely stroll into his warm damp hide and sleeps until next morning.
For the past week or two, he's been waking up & getting active before lights-on—when it's still dark!
Right from the get-go, his day ends at 1-2 pm. He does all his tortoise stuff before that, then takes a leisurely stroll into his warm damp hide and sleeps until next morning.
For the past week or two, he's been waking up & getting active before lights-on—when it's still dark!
Klyde O'Scope
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The little dozer is growing—his shell is beginning to 'dome' more.
We're both flabbergasted at how much this little guy can put away and
; he must fill up that whole shell with one, the other, or both (or so it seems).
We're both flabbergasted at how much this little guy can put away and
; he must fill up that whole shell with one, the other, or both (or so it seems). lol So funny! I was talking to the wife about how much our tort eats and poops-- just the other day..
Poops more than a small dog.
Glad your enjoying the growth process..
Ya'll enjoy and thanks for the update.
Rascal found a great place to hibernate so we will let him do his thing..
He did the finding and digging himself.. I almost gave the plant away last month..
Poops more than a small dog.
Glad your enjoying the growth process..
Ya'll enjoy and thanks for the update.
Rascal found a great place to hibernate so we will let him do his thing..
He did the finding and digging himself.. I almost gave the plant away last month..
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Lindasjackson
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Awww, I love turtles and tortoises! @Klyde O'Scope we need pictures of your tortoise to!
Klyde O'Scope
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I take it he's outside then(?)
Ol' Mitch is strictly an indoor denizen, so we're hoping to avoid any dormancies.
Some on a certain tortoise forum tried to give her some guff about it, but considering his size & species, he's got all the space he'll ever need.
That's his main hide at the top. He has a couple more auxiliary hides, but rarely uses them.
Every plant in his enclosure is triple-checked safe for him to munch, plus...
Missus found some seeds online called, 'Testudo Mix'.
She always has 3 flats (take-out lids, like above) growing, so there's always one growing, one in the enclosure, and... I forget. The lids are half-buried so they're flush with ground level.
The flower pot is another aux. hide; it's half full of damp sphagnum.
He tore through one of the flats the other day flattening everything, but eating none. Missus picked what was left and put it on his basking/eating tile, and he ate every single morsel. Go figure.
He sometimes hides under the ginormous prayer plant. It was modest when she put it in there, but it REALLY likes the Sansi lights!
(So does the Tradescantia zebrina; it keeps sending climbers up past the lights).We're trying to get a close-up of his little face, but it's so tiny it's hard to see. We need to set up a tripod and get a macro...
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Klyde O'Scope
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It's got the same footprint as Ol' Grumpypants' enclosure—2' x 4'.
Klyde O'Scope
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Proportionally, it's so big we keep losing him in it.
Sometimes he just digs himself in and (literally) buries himself completely.
IDK how the heck he gets any air, but he does.
Sometimes he just digs himself in and (literally) buries himself completely.
IDK how the heck he gets any air, but he does.
Lindasjackson
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He’s seems to have grown a lot! That enclosure is heaven for a tortoise! It’s beautiful!
Klyde O'Scope
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"1988 vw fox "4,165 mm (164.0 in), a width of 1,655 mm (65.2 in)" So--- I did have more room..
13'X 5'---- Not Jealous anymore..
I feel that. After college, I went on a job hunt, and lived in/out of a 1976 Datsun (pre-Nissan) B-210 hatchback. Outside length: 4120 mm / 162.2 in, width: 1544 mm / 60.8 in.
13' X 5'
Likewise.
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Klyde O'Scope
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Yup. A whole ¼" in both length and height!
IDK how much weight he's put on (Missus is out running errands). Probably a few grams.
Klyde O'Scope
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Oh, yeah?We're both flabbergasted at how much this little guy can put away and
lol So funny! I was talking to the wife about how much our tort eats and poops-- just the other day..
Poops more than a small dog.
Klyde O'Scope
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Mitch's enclosure went through some changes. Some of the plants did so well under the Sansi lights that they had to be cut back severely. Some of the pots were holding too much water, so Missus came up with a pot+liner combination that seems to be working much better. Some landscaping was also done. Mitch was very curious about the whole thing, and spent a couple days exploring the changes.
We didn't mess with his hide, so not sure why he did this... He spent most of yesterday and all night inside one of the pots.
He came out later this morning.
We didn't mess with his hide, so not sure why he did this... He spent most of yesterday and all night inside one of the pots.
He came out later this morning.
Klyde O'Scope
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It's a 4" pot.
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