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Post by seville on May 20, 2009 20:40:22 GMT -5
Was not sure where to post this but we had a thread going at the old site. We were given what they said was a box turtle. She was very small and not doing really well. Took her to a reptile shop to discover she was a Arizona Desert Tortoise. Not legal to sell but legal to have. Someone must have taken her from her home with her parents just to say we have a desert tortoise. She is in a 40 gallon tank right now as she is only palm of your hand size. She has doubled in size in the 2 months we have had her.
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Post by Charger Fan on May 21, 2009 11:13:13 GMT -5
That's a bummer that she was separated from her parents, but it's good that you've given her a better home.  Does she look like one of these two? I could only find 'Desert Tortoise', not the Arizona flavor.   Turtles are cool.  |
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Post by Lee Martin on May 21, 2009 11:15:20 GMT -5
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Post by Lee Martin on May 21, 2009 11:20:34 GMT -5
Here are my turtle rescues: Lucky was found in the middle of a busy road, dodging traffic:  Flash was found on the outskirts of land being bulldozed for development:  -Lee www.singleactions.com |
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Post by Lee Martin on May 21, 2009 13:50:06 GMT -5
I should add that most turtles don't rely on their parents for anything. In fact, Eastern Box Turtles never know their parents. The female buries the eggs and leaves.....once hatched, they're totally on their own (and very vulnerable since their shells are still soft for the first year or so). -Lee www.singleactions.com |
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Post by Charger Fan on May 21, 2009 16:06:04 GMT -5
You're right about that...I forgot all about the way they're hatched. Duh for me.  |
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Post by seville on May 21, 2009 20:55:15 GMT -5
More like the bottom one, charger fan. Lee knows my history. We work with a Siberian Husky Rescue, actually were just made board members. We have 5 Huskies in the house. We have had as many as 3 fosters at one time. She was not in the best of shape as the people who had her really never took good care of her. As to keeping her we will see. You cannot let them back in the wild after being captive. We have the Arizona Desert Museum that will take them from people who no longer want to care for them. But right now she is so small we are going to see how she does.
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Post by c.r. on May 21, 2009 23:43:00 GMT -5
well since somebody mentioned pooches..........I have to show y'all the best buddy I could ask for. BTW, his name is Buddy. I picked this guy up from the pound about a year ago. I'm not sure which one of us is luckier. he's around 15 months old now. per the pound he's 1/2 lab and 1/2 basset hound. He kind of looks like an overgrown weiner dog.  |
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Post by Charger Fan on May 22, 2009 12:14:39 GMT -5
This is a bad pic of my bestest little buddy, Oglethourpe. ;D He'll usually always meet me at the end of the driveway when I come home each night. And anytime I'm at the computer, or watching TV, he's always on my lap for a nap...follows me around the house, garage, yard, wherever I go. He's a great little guy.  |
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Post by Cucuy on May 22, 2009 23:55:42 GMT -5
Charger Fan - The top pic is Geochelone sulcata, a tortoise from subsarahan Africa. The bottom one appears to be Gopherus agassizii, the species in question.
Seville, if you want any husbandry info please feel free to email or PM me. When I'm not pretending to be a knowledgeable five/sixgun shooter, I'm a full time herpetologist.
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Post by Charger Fan on May 23, 2009 10:43:12 GMT -5
Cucuy, do you know the name of this one? I only ever knew him as a hingeback turtle. Never could find a picture that was comparable enough to determine his actual breed. One thing's for sure, he was very shy. I would take a long time to coax him out of his shell.   |
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Post by Cucuy on May 23, 2009 23:27:05 GMT -5
The hingebacks are in the genus Kinixys. There are about 4 or 5 that are commonly available in the pet trade and while I'm far from an expert on the genus, I'm leaning towards Kinixys homeana. That's my knee-jerk response, I'll think about this for a while and get back to you if my opinion changes.
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Post by nobearsyet on May 24, 2009 11:45:28 GMT -5
Nice to know I'm the only one on this board who has been known to take in abused/neglected/and stray critters from time to time. Mine have almost always been horses though, at one time (when I still had a large boarder barn) the ASPCA had my empty stalls full of horses that looked to be in bad shape, never lost one though, and a few hung around for years
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Post by Lee Martin on May 25, 2009 22:27:09 GMT -5
Lee, is that a snapper turtle? I've heard they tend to take fingers off, at least in the wild. No, they're eastern box turtles.....and they don't bite. -Lee www.singleactions.com |
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Post by turbo on May 26, 2009 17:41:24 GMT -5
cool post. I had me a turle running around the back yard here for the longest time...until the dog got ahold of it one day.
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