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blondesarah · Contributing Member Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 89

Here are some pictures of my pancake tortoises.
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Stuart · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject:

lovely patterning..how big do they get?
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blondesarah · Contributing Member Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 89

The depth of the Plastron on a female is unlikely to exceed 2 inches, and that of a male 1.5 inches. When they achieve adulthood their length should get to about 8 inches
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:34 am Post subject:

Nice to see, thanks for sharing. What are this species like to care for Sarah? Dry conditions? High fibre low protein diet? What does their set up comprise of , if you don`t mind me asking. Cool

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blondesarah · Contributing Member Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 89

In the wild they live in groups in the rocks and they have a very flexible shell, they don't use there shell as protection like other tortoises, they can run like the wind and hide in and under rocks and use the rocks as protection. My two spend most of the day hidden only coming out for food when you are not around.

They live in a large table top enclosure with play sand and top soil mixed 50/50, on top of the soil and sand is 3/4 hemp and 1/4 oyster shell grit (just trying this out at the moment).

Yes more fibre for these guys, i sprinkle timothy hay on their weed diet. No fruit.

They have a 100w trex bulb (brilliant bulb) not that they use it much.
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject:

So is the shell relatively soft to the touch? I imagine it, (rightly or wrongly) to be of a slightly less stiffer feel so as not to scratch so easily what with all the squeezing between rocks that they do.
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Scott W · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

Always fancied getting pancake tortoises (& Egyptians) never really had the time and space though, thanks for posting.
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blondesarah · Contributing Member Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 89

It is softer than my other tortoises, it is quite flexable (hard to explain). I used to have an eqyptian tortoise but sadly it died.

Here is some interesting reading about pancake tortoises
http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/Mtorniericare.htm
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the link Sarah Wink

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Chantal · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:08 am Post subject:

Very nice. So Sarah, how many diff. breeds do you own?