Forum: General Discussion
19-02-2007, 01:28 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,828
Re: pet shop!!!!
Hi Jade,
If you like drop me a line privately and I'll pass the details of your local Wildlife Officer (police) onto you. We've had a few cases where cruelty is evident and they do seem to follow...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
19-02-2007, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,443
Re: Blind Ibera
Hi Jo,
We too have a blind Ibera. She was incubated in a room that went up to 40deg whilst a friend was away on holiday and when she hatched out she was blind and also had a hair-lip. One of her...
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Forum: Pictures
25-01-2007, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 14,067
Hi,
Everyone know whos knows Darren knows he...
Hi,
Everyone know whos knows Darren knows he is one of the most conscientious breeders and keepers of tortoises we know and is driven by his love for all animals, so I know he will have taken this...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
14-07-2006, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 16,262
[quote="lucy1234"]i did contact darren when...
[quote="lucy1234"]i did contact darren when looking for tortoises and he did not even want me to go to his home to view the tortoises quote]
Hi Lucy,
The thing is, it is my home and not a...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
13-07-2006, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 16,262
Hi Lucy as Sarah said there is nothing personal...
Hi Lucy as Sarah said there is nothing personal meant against yourself. I've had dealings with Dean and he is not a nice man. In my opinion and many other tortoise friendly people, he most definitely...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
12-07-2006, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 16,262
Not the best of sources is it?
The people...
Not the best of sources is it?
The people who visited may well be the breeders and the babies may come from the Adults displayed, but then again I've had the odd run-in with Clackett and what he...
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
Thanks Dan
One 7g, one 3g and one that...
Thanks Dan
One 7g, one 3g and one that didn't register on the scales. I have a photo but it's unfortunately on my other pc which is out of commission at the moment. There is a back-up on the spare...
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 11,028
Yep,
One of mine did it springtime twice and...
Yep,
One of mine did it springtime twice and still no eggs to date. I know of two other people who have had the same thing happen. It appears they are merely phantom pregnancies (so to speak). In...
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
Wow,
The shell on my baby seems much better...
Wow,
The shell on my baby seems much better formed than the Russian, whos shell seems a bit hit and miss. Why is it not a Siamese? My way of thinking was that the embryo inside the egg (if that...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-07-2006, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,232
Sandy,
I heard about this recently and I'm...
Sandy,
I heard about this recently and I'm absolutely disgusted anyone would stoop so low as to do such a thing. What an Absolutely Disgraceful!!! way for someone to behave.
TgiDarren
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Forum: General Discussion
08-07-2006, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,232
Piglet-Darren,
Completely agree!
Just...
Piglet-Darren,
Completely agree!
Just to pick up on a point you made. One of the greatest satisfactions I get from breeding tortoises (and I know many others feel the same) apart from the...
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
Hi Nina,
I think it might be worth it LOL
...
Hi Nina,
I think it might be worth it LOL
That's one of the funniest stories we've heard in a while. It still has Steph & me in stitches. <g>
Nice to see so many familiar faces on here.
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
Hi Becks,
I've no previous experience of...
Hi Becks,
I've no previous experience of Siamese tortoises so I wouldn't like to say. I was pretty gutted these didn't quite make it out of the egg. Maybe next time?
Darren
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
Photo of...
Photo of Fronthttp://upload4.postimage.org/568405/Front.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/568405/photo_hosting.html)
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
Hi Becks,
I've had a search on the web and...
Hi Becks,
I've had a search on the web and couldn't find any studies on this. The twins/triplets I had are apparantly classed as conjoined as they were all attached to each other via the egg-sac,...
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
Hi Becks,
A couple of years back it was...
Hi Becks,
A couple of years back it was suggested that it was due to the sperm of an over-active male. Personally as I've quite a few females and it has happened twice with only two of mine I tend...
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
08-07-2006, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 21,796
Hi TT & Piglet,
The multiple births are from...
Hi TT & Piglet,
The multiple births are from two defferent females. Edna had 1 twin and 1 triplet egg, Chloe had a twin and the Siamese. Incidentally, I've never had a double yolk. All of mine...
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