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Burmese & Indian star tortoises

• Books - books about star tortoises
• Indian Star - Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
• Burmese Star - Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota)
• Indian vs Burmese - differentiating the two star tortoise species
• Shell patterns - in Burmese & Indian star tortoises
• Personality - Burmese & Indian stars
• Care in brief - star care in a nutshell (for full care pages, scroll down)
• Soaking - (bathing) hydration is important
• Pyramiding - lumpy shells in stars, causes, prevention
• Male vs female - differentiating male & female star tortoises
• Breeding - sexual maturity, mating, egg laying, hatchlings
• Egg incubation - star tortoise egg incubation techniques
• Incubators - popular incubators & incubation media
• Hatchlings - Burmese star babies

Angulate tortoises

• Books - books about angulate / angulated tortoises
• Profile - angulate aka bowsprit tortoise (Chersina angulata)
• Male vs female - differentiating male & female angulates
• Care - caring for angulate tortoises in captivity
• Courtship - breeding angulate tortoises
• Nesting - nesting process, statistics, shell flexibility
• Incubation - incubating angulate eggs
• Egg development - incubation & candling photos
• Hatchlings - hatchling pics
• Shell scutes - color coded diagrams

Golden Greek tortoises

• Books - books about Greeks & golden Greeks
• Profile - Greek aka Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca)
• Profile - Golden Greeks (mostly Testudo graeca terrestris)
• Personality - what are goldens like
• Leg spurs - Greeks have thigh spurs
• Male vs female - differentiating the genders
• Care - brief caresheet
• Nesting - egg laying
• Incubation - egg incubation techniques
• Egg development - chalking eggs, candling, photos
• Hatchlings - just born golden Greek babies

Feeding

• Natural foods - feeding stars & other grassland tortoises
• Supplements - calcium, vitamins, minerals
• Food pellets - commercial tortoise diets
• Feeding dishes - food & water plates
• Fabric flower pots - growing tortoise food

Housing

• Outdoor pens - outdoor pens for tortoises
• Outdoor houses p.1 - insulated & heated tortoise houses
• Outdoor houses p.2 - more heated tortoise houses
• Night protection - predator proof outdoor cages
• Indoor housing - stars inside
• Tables & tubs - stacking, safety, brands, more
• Vivariums - great for star hatchlings
• Indoor lighting - T-5 HO tubes, MVB's, fixtures, safety
• UV meters - measuring UVB & UVI with Solarmeters
• UVB & UVI readings - outdoor UV readings
• Heating - temperature controllers, timers, thermometers, hygrometers, CHE's, radiant heat panels, electricity usage, etc.
• Substrates - review of indoor substrates for tortoises

Misc. pages

• Fecal exams - DIY fecal exams: gross, smear, float
• Misc tips - new tortoises, growth charts etc
• About & disclaimer - about me & this website
• Alert - alert on scammers using my website URL, info, text, or photos in their fraudulent tortoise sales ads

Menu pages

• Stars - list of star tortoise related pages
• Angulates - list of angulate tortoise related pages
• Greeks - list of Greek tortoise related pages
• Diet - list of food related pages
• Housing - list of indoor & outdoor housing pages
• More - list of misc. pages