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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Maybe I should have just posted yesterday about a new addition instead of the way I did, but I thought I would share again today the new additions to the Robinson family. Yesterday I got three red footed tortoises from a young expecting mother. This morning she texted me and asked if I would also take her Golden Greek tortoise, which of course I did. Just thought I would share photos of them! That now makes nine tortoises. Four red foots, one yellow foot, two golden greeks, and two sulcatas. I told hubby I would behave and not get anymore.....for a while....(I told him Dino was left out being the only yellow foot so that's a good excuse to get another one....someday....)
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| Do they really have red feet??? Cute- kinda :) |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | rodeomom3 - 2013-11-21 3:37 PM Do they really have red feet??? Cute- kinda :)
No...more like orange :) |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Here's a pic of their feet.....
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| That is cool |
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Location: MI | How fun! They look happy :) I love the picture of them lined up. |
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Location: Kansas | Love them! Such docile honest creatures! |
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| missroselee - 2013-11-21 3:40 PM
Here's a pic of their feet.....
He looks mad. . .
My dad has some turtles. He has one smaller tortoise and one BIG HUGE tortoise. lol. |
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| I just knew when I opened this I was gonna a picture of a turtle :) love your little reptilian family and seeing pictures of them. How's your little boy who got chewed on? |
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Location: Red Raiderland | These turtles absolutely intrigue me. How do the ones in the first pic get into the food dish? It seems like they would get high-centered. No? |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | The dish isn't sitting as high as it looks, or as deep as it looks. Very deceiving in the photos. It has to have ridged sides so they can get ahold of it to crawl in and out. |
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Location: Red Raiderland | missroselee - 2013-11-21 3:09 PM The dish isn't sitting as high as it looks, or as deep as it looks. Very deceiving in the photos. It has to have ridged sides so they can get ahold of it to crawl in and out.
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Location: Lost with the rest of the MINIONS! | These are too cool! Your lettuce bill must be huge  |
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| What do they eat besides lettuce? |
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Location: Texas | They are cute. Sooooo will there be any little torts soon???? |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | brlraceaddict - 2013-11-21 4:27 PM What do they eat besides lettuce?
They actually don't eat lettuce. They will, but it has no nutritional value. Their primary diet is collard, mustard, and turnip greens. They will also get kale, cucumbers, pumpkin, dandelions, weeds (yes they like crab grass and other weeds). We do give them some fruit from time to time, but not too much. Sugar isn't good for them. They get watermelon, honey dew melon, bananas, tomatoes, grapes, and apples.
I keep pelleted food in their habitats but they don't eat it often. I have a Mazuri food (resembles dog food) that they love but only get about once a week.
It's not as expensive as you would think, at least for as many as I have. Greens cost me around 20 bucks a week. Apples are free (ton of apple trees in the yard), and fruit about 15 a month. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Here's my biggest one, Moses, eating his honey dew melon. That's a 130 pound English Mastiff waiting for leftovers.....
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| That is a huge turtle!! My dogs would try to play with it. :) |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Here's a link to my facebook album with all sorts of photos of them :)
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Location: NE Texas | That is so cool! I love seeing your tortoise pics and I kind of want one! My hubby would kill me.....with 5 dogs in the house, i'm pretty sure that's enough.  But I REALLY like Moses and think I might could sneak maybe a small tortoise in without him finding out....immediately. What do they eat? And what type of daily care do they require?
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