Spider Tortoise

[Lolly8]

Stunning!Great pictures!

[rocio]

Lucky you! Super tortoises.

[Watermelon]

Wow the baby is gorgeous. Nice tortoises

[samstar]

Your a lucky man Ed, many like me would like to get our hands on one! Enjoy!

[Tim/Robin]

That is awesome Ed. I am glad you found a male. They truly are amazing tortoises!!

[EJ]

You play with these... don't you?

I love em.

Thanks for the nice comments... all... They seem to be very slow growers. I do hope to post some second generation photos... in the distant future... if I live that long.

Originally Posted by Tim/Robin

That is awesome Ed. I am glad you found a male. They truly are amazing tortoises!!

[Tim/Robin]

Yes we play with them and have had great success. We too have found them to be very slow growers. We have some holdbacks that have not grown much in well over a year. In talking to others, this seems to be normal. They are active and eat, just don't grow much. I have been told at 3-5 years their growth rate increases. Time will tell if that is the case with our holdbacks.

When you get eggs, I have the incubation method down pretty well. Last year I had about 70% hatch rate. This year so far, I am at 100%.

Originally Posted by EJ

You play with these... don't you?

I love em.

Thanks for the nice comments... all... They seem to be very slow growers. I do hope to post some second generation photos... in the distant future... if I live that long.

[EJ]

(show off)

I don't ever expect to get eggs but it is cool having hatched one. I've not heard of any second generation... have you produced any?

The one female has had a steady growth rate throughout.

Originally Posted by Tim/Robin

Yes we play with them and have had great success. We too have found them to be very slow growers. We have some holdbacks that have not grown much in well over a year. In talking to others, this seems to be normal. They are active and eat, just don't grow much. I have been told at 3-5 years their growth rate increases. Time will tell if that is the case with our holdbacks.

When you get eggs, I have the incubation method down pretty well. Last year I had about 70% hatch rate. This year so far, I am at 100%.

[Tim/Robin]

I have 3 CB females that are producing offspring. I can't see why you wouldn't get eggs from them in the future.

Originally Posted by EJ

(show off)

I don't ever expect to get eggs but it is cool having hatched one. I've not heard of any second generation... have you produced any?

The one female has had a steady growth rate throughout.