New tortoise pics!!!

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  1. Dark_Convoy, Oct 18, 2006
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    Yes, I got a new camera, and I built a new indoor enclosure for our pet tortoise, I even installed light fixtures in it for her UVB lights.

    Anyway, she was just a hatchling in the last pics I posted, here are some new ones.

    That white power you see in some of the pics is calcium powder, I sprinkle it on her food, but usually as soon as I put food in front of her she's on it, so she ends up getting it all over her.

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  2. rattrap007, Oct 18, 2006
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    So what is her name?
     
  3. KA, Oct 18, 2006
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    i hear they feed better if the white powder is laid in a line...
     
  4. CheetahDC, Oct 18, 2006
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    Check out those claws! Rawr! FEAR ME, THE CLAWED TORTOISE!
     
  5. ILoveDinobot, Oct 18, 2006
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    it's so cute!! how big is it?/does it get?
     
  6. Deefuzz, Oct 18, 2006
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    That thing is awesome...I've been wanting to get one, what exactly do they eat?
     
  7. Dragstrip85, Oct 18, 2006
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    Cool tortoise :D 
     
  8. Team Jetfire, Oct 18, 2006
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    holly crap... why would a tortoise need claws like that???

    I guess with the white powder I could see maybe a long pinky nail, but thats it...
     
  9. Dark_Convoy, Oct 18, 2006
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    They eat stuff that grows in the yard, clover, dandelion, grass. They can also eat most store bought field greens except for spinach and iceberg lettuce.

    The claws are for digging, in their natural environment they are burrowers and live in tunnels.

    EDIT: Her name is Dyna

    She's about as big as my fist now, they are supposed to have about a 6-8" long shell fully grown.
     
  10. Aaron, Oct 18, 2006
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  11. Predakwon, Oct 18, 2006
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  12. rattrap007, Oct 18, 2006
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    Its a turtle showdown!!
     
  13. Dark_Convoy, Oct 18, 2006
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    Awesome!

    How old is yours? It looks to be about the same size as mine.
     
  14. Gears, Oct 19, 2006
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    That's one rad tortoise.
     
  15. Chaos Muffin, Oct 19, 2006
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    That's awesome man, alot cooler than my 2 red eared slider turtles.
    Which have grown alot the past year
     
  16. Predakwon, Oct 19, 2006
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    I honestly don't know :banghead:  I just bought her at a pet store.