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23-02-2008, 11:38 PM
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Elisa the Sulcata's first weeks
Elisa's been with us a couple months now and I've never uploaded any of the pictures - here are a few from around the time she came. I'll have to get some new ones of her in her proper enclosure tomorrow...
   Doing what she does best - devouring things...  Taking a soak...  Having a supervised jaunt around the place...  And to sleep in her box. I also have a picture of how powerful she is, walking effortlessly through the side of a box but it is rather too blurry to put in, I shall try to get a new one of her doing so. So far she's settled very well. She weighs in at around 9lb and SCL is just a smidgen over 31cm. |
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23-02-2008, 11:40 PM
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Elisa is beautiful and what a lovely name!
 She's devouring that cuttle fish and she's lovely and smooth, you must be proud 
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23-02-2008, 11:47 PM
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Haha - thanks! She's gorgeous yes, the whole family love her and it makes grass and weed collecting very easy when five people are picking bits up wherever they are. She absolutely loves cuttlefish and always has a fair bit on hand. As I've not had her long I can't take any credit for her growth really - I was slightly worried about the space between the last two dorsal scutes (hope thats right?) above where her hips are, theres a little diamond shaped area which is slightly depressed were I think her shell grew a bit too fast for her hips - Darren explained it all to me. Her shell also looked a little 'plasticy' back then but you will see when I put the new pics up that its now a bit more matt from better UV exposure and doesn't sound quite as follow when tapped.
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23-02-2008, 11:53 PM
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Well you sound like you have done a brilliant job with her
I'll borrow them extra five pair of hands, to come weed picking with me sometime 8)
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24-02-2008, 08:42 AM
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JP she looks in excellent shape and condition, nice to see a Sulcata grown so well not many people achieve this in captivity with a first time tortoise
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24-02-2008, 08:53 AM
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shes lovely.i cant wait till stompie is that big.her shell growth is lovely too.x
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24-02-2008, 09:09 AM
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She is lovely, she definately likes her cuttlefish
 I like the third pic where she's looking up. It looks like she is saying "what you looking at."
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24-02-2008, 11:22 AM
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She's beautiful! I love the pic of her having a nosey at the books
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24-02-2008, 12:20 PM
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hi hope mine gets that lovley when she gets that age
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24-02-2008, 12:48 PM
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She's gorgeous. I can see why everyone loves her
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