Reptor

when i was 15 the young & dumb years i left my gas pumping job to find my place in the world i landed in carpainting, my 1st week was going great boss was cool but hard and boy could i sand a car an art in its self if ya know the trade & in those days the boy didnt touch a spray gun in the first year of trade, anyways friday of my first week my dad came to pick me up and was outside waiting last job of the day was to burn off the weeks masking paper so i stuffed it in a bin and headed out side to the 44gallon drum burn off round the side of the building when my boss to parts drunk stops me "here take this to get her going" and hands me 5lt jug of paint thinners that the stiring sticks were kept in, i know right, so im out there packing paper in this drum and adding thinner and paper and so on till full right then outta dumb ass luck i thought to lite a bit of paper then put it to the fire and so was done an unfreakin massive bang as the fire shot up in the sky and mushroomed out will above the factory roof raining bits of on fire paper every were, there was so many fires, so so many fires, i was runin here and there trying to put them out till i was so freakin out i ran and got the boss he came round the conner saying ya didnt use all that thinner did ya...worked for the dude for a couple years, cheers to you kev for given a young guy a break, were ever you are.

if we cant findout who headed this one up and what was involed might help and yea im keen to get behind this,like the idear that it could help with up keep of zoos and reptile parks 1 Pursuant to section 22 of the Biosecurity Act 1993, this document is the Import Health Standard for the importation from Australia of the star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) and the yellow-headed tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) into New Zealand for zoos. if we could find out what health standard tests were for this rear import of tortoises to nz its got to be close to whats need to release whats here,? just puttin it out there

2 things dont add up sounds like you been feed sum, i cant see the zoo keepin a reptile that could be sick enoff to infect the rest of them let alone breed it untested,also the tight import laws were open bout 4yrs ago between nz zoos and a couple of ozzys zoos to import tortoises of too kind star and leopard tortoise this was a big deal couse it hadnt happen in so long, the time to do this was short and sweet a couple of months and was only from zoo to zoo this is best i can remember could be wrong found it when i hit google to find info on tortoise care few years back the info is out there sum were

you ol boys crack me up,cant want till i have all the reptiles i want and know everything so i can stir up anyone and sling all da "mod=Warren - swearing removed" i want 8) shame some cant take it back and get all poo pants :roll:

thanks, i my self was fooled my the non toxic on the tube spend way to long on 1 beed and got sum air when i caught my self slipin, non toxic after the fact,mean headacre and a real want to go back to car painting

Hi, just re-sealed a tank a couple of days ago for a baby beardy. I have used the aquarium safe silicone but found it had no drying times or curing times. So am a bit unsure when I can put the beardy in it? i.e when have the chemicals stopped coming out of it & safe for my beardy

esae up fella, its late after all if you new me ya would know im a samll guy with big presents didnt mean much by it, i got 27 post,yours is bigger im sure well meet at some stage comon hobbys 8)

missunderstood sorry

no stupid questions just stupid replys, if you ask you learn, ive found getting a good vet dam near impossable,can we have less slamin people who ask stuff seen it a bit on here, knowlage is a great thing if you use it will, sum do sum dont

can ya check calcium levels if so how do you go bout it?

ive heard whispers they are round but never seen them for sale id lov sum be dam the cost

that an he sells bags of rocking horse crap for ya roses a livingart

dam 2young i thought i wanted 2 breed my hermans bad my hats off to you

yea anyone with 3 could really cash out right you guys in need of a female hermans too

sweet thanks for the calcium tip im on that

good point some of the foods i have mentioned are sometimes foods and supplements should be use in a aditive like manner and contain calcium amoungst other benefical vitamins. The feed/supplements are my controlled input to his diet like i said at the start of my first message planting favortire flowers, vegs, weeds in the area to incourge foraging and fresh variety of food is best and topdressing the yard to keep calcium up sounds like a good idea i myself would like to no more bout that how offen do you do it, do you water it in, how much you use etc

hi i let mine eat the weeds in his bit of lawn and also take note of wat weeds he eats and incress him as much as you can in his area mine lovs samll purple pansy too, for his normal diet i lightly blend a few vegs together,cauliflower,brocoli,carrot ,cucumber,sumtimes with capsicun or corn,and a lettuce leaf fresher the better and always wash them first i also spary his mixed food with flukers liquid vitamin helps keep him heathly and is another source of d3 in take i have also started mixing nutrafin max turtle pellets into his mixed veg he lovs these and are gd for vitamins etc have you found a gd way to keep him in doors with the right lighting etc i have a great low cost indoor area for mine can help you with the how too

just wanted to bump this still lookin

for me finding and buy a tortoise was a dream come true, ive all but givin up on the idear in nz but i was lucky, they make great pets n im sure all tortoise owners feel the same so i understand the fear of thieft or even incorrect care,however i dont have the answers but i am sure if all tortoise owners got a bit more driven in all the breeds we have left there would be more chance of buyin one the more the chance the less reason to steal one my point being lowlifes steal oh ah things i keep mine low key n safe most my friends think im mean not keepin him in a pond or a tank like there mates one :roll:

hey guys saw just out cleain rockin horse poo it would seem this is going to be a task and im aware of just how hard it is to find a female however i remain optamistic and will keep tryin ''difficult takes a day, impossable takes a week, do miracles in my sleep''

come on people i cant be the only preson in nz wanting to breed his tortorise im keen to kick it off this year an are more then aware that to breed and rise a tortorise is at lest a 5yr comitment 2 the babys im not in it 4 the money more love and growth of my hobby,so please if you are out there drop me a line so i may experience the next step

his round 12 years old as far as i know

hi im very interested in breeding my male hermans this spring and expanding my collection, anyone into breeding or even selling tortoises please contact me, advise on breeding hints n tips would be great to thanks

my tortoise still hasnt got a gf yet and he knows when its spring :oops: so again anyone intrested in breeding there female hermans should contact me, he can be seen on a pics post, pics a little old now but its him done the less

ive had this before with the tetras only losin the tail fins n white mould stuff however i never found out wat it was to beat it i removed all real plants put fish in temp tank and cleaned main tank from top to bottom replaced and cleaned filters set tank n water back up and put fish back have never had it since