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Old 03-09-2012, 10:10 PM   #1
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This is Willow .. Rescued at age 8 .. now with me since Jan 2007.
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Old 03-09-2012, 10:58 PM   #2
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What a delightful buttery yellow colour Willow has. A smashing tortoise.
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Old 03-09-2012, 11:03 PM   #3
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She's beautiful. Love the buttercup shot, great picture.
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Old 03-09-2012, 11:39 PM   #4
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Awesome pics ! I love the butter cup one. He is a very similar colour to my female Edna.
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Old 04-09-2012, 12:45 AM   #5
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She has a very inquisitive nature .. always somewhere different in the garden. She has two healed 'holes' in the top of her shell .. caused by a dog biting her when she was a baby. Treated by a vet I was told. The previous owner kept her in a wooden vivarium for 8 years with limited outside time. She has never been hibernated. When I got her her back legs were left dragging behind her and all her toes were overgrown and curly. She has thrived in the right environment .. Has an indoor table all year round and an outside house / pen .. plus as you can see a rather big and weed covered garden.
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Old 04-09-2012, 10:19 AM   #6
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Is she a hermann?
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Old 04-09-2012, 10:21 AM   #7
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I thought Buttercups where a defo no no to feed torts. Please check it out as I am not certain but would hate your tort falling ill ?
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Old 04-09-2012, 11:16 AM   #8
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"As a lawn invader this plant is mildly toxic.  Many tortoises nibble it occasionally with no ill effects but try and remove as much as possible as it contains the mild toxin protoanemonine and there is a reference to a tortoise dying after ingesting it." this is what the tortoise table says about butter cups. I imagine the odd one wouldn't do much harm to an older tortoise x
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Old 04-09-2012, 11:19 AM   #9
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How do tortoises manage in the wild where they inevitably encounter poisonous plants?
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Old 04-09-2012, 11:25 AM   #10
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How do tortoises manage in the wild where they inevitably encounter poisonous plants?
Good question, I do wonder about that when I'm stressing over checking to make sure the weeds I feed are safe
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