Omg! My 6 months old Indian star ate lizard poop! I left him out at the garden and he manage to find a poop on the rock. Is this bad for him??

Chomping on Mazzuri! finally, i dont have to walk around my neighbourhood hunting for leaves suitable for them

I bought timothy hay initially for them, but they end up for some reason biting each other...and almost choked due to the flowers and cant even bite the hay.

This time, I am going to grind the timothy hay and mix it with mazzuri to become a huge mazzuri ball

This post has been edited by Dagashi: Mar 5 2012, 05:03 PM

I see a star, spider? And don't know the rest...Whatare they?

ah! good idea on the carbon monoxide.

Is it ok to keep a captive bred Indian star and a captive bred sulcata in the same terrarium?

Omg what happen?

quite low...xray can detect...body search can find...

You can ask around for some breeder to give you one as a present

Got tortoises?

Hrm...do you keep them(different species) in the same enclosure?

I want to get a Sulcata but problem is they're notorious digger and grow up to be a giant. My 2 puny star gonna be super stressed out.

At least I think introducing a 3rd tort will stop them from biting each other.

That's a rare Tortoise you have there. would love to see how he looks like.

I think you would also need to check if he is wild caught or captive bred. Depends on the illnesses and bacteria that they have as well. What I understand is generally need about 6 months quarantine period before introducing new additions. and that is also under controlled environments. U don't want a case of bullying! But if your sulcata is a hatchling (under 1 year). He'll generally be about the size of 4-6cm (plastron) which is definately much smaller than your egpytian. you may rethink about putting them together for the time being until your hatchling becomes similar in size (for the sulcata it won't take long prob 6 months on a good diet. Before you know it.. the sulcata will be a giant!

Btw your egyptian looks great and the best measurements would be on the plastron for greater accuracy.

thanks for your review!I also soak the pellets first before feeding it to my torts. easier for them to eat. But can't be too wet or else they will be too soft and mushy (then it becomes messy and difficult to clean).

I also found that if we put veges together with mazuri, our torts will just ignore the veges. and eat the mazuri. So we make sure that we don't mix it so we don't waste food.

I suspect my baby sulcata (approx 5cm-6cm) can eat 3 pellets by himself for the whole day!! and contrary to normal babies, he can happily munch away on full stalks of veges which we found amusing cause those were meant for our older stars. I find that sulcatas are ferocious eaters Always always always eating! and growing too! My stars are more tame and boring. Always hiding in their hut.

I also notice that each tort is so different in behaviour. my sulcata will sleep with his body slightly upright against a wall whereas my stars will just laze around happily in the shaded area.