I love that you were like a nervous father at the first ultrasound. Shows how much you care. The slide in and out of the xray room 😂

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣can’t help it

GST, I do love that you do not miss any opportunity to educate. Not only on YT, but it's really fantastic to see vets and other staff learning how to microchip tortoises.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@DarthGengarus

5 ай бұрын

That’s why I watch every episode he post I can’t get enough. Anything he says that can help me and my hatching I got from GST I’m down to see haha I’ve always been an animal planet kid tho even more so than cartoons growing up. The photo I’m using is actually the hatchling I got from GST

@ingriddoerksen9518

5 ай бұрын

Love that picture 😍​@@DarthGengarus

I had reservations on whether or not to watch this video because I don't want to witness something sad, but I am glad I watched. Wow, that is odd behavior. Thank you for the information, and I am glad they are all okay. Night-night, ladies

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

That’ll rarely happen on this channel without at least a positive ending. Thank you!

I love to see the partnership between you and the veterinary team--everyone sharing their area of expertise. These animals need excellent medical care just as much as any dog or cat. ❤

Incredibly interesting 🤔 It always cracks me up when poop has to be interpreted on medical imaging, keeps the inner child alive 😂

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha right?!

I love the peek at the X-rays. I have all of my animals microchipped. It helped me get my dog back when a neighbor who took him. Another great video❤

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Awesome and thank you!

Those tortoises are so beautiful. Glad they've been chipped. Really interesting to see how it's done. My tortoise also has a chip in his back leg.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

That’s great hands on education for their staff❤Happy they are okay🐢🫶🏻🐢🫶🏻

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I keep and have kept sonoran desert tortoises here in az for over 30 years, along with many other species and types of reptiles. You are the only turtle and tortoise person that I agree with on everything ive seen you say and do. You have the best info. You and Brian Barczyk and Steve Irwin are the only people i myself would be excited to meet. Unfortunately, 2 have now passed but i do hope to meet you one day and talk turtle. Thanks for everything you do!!

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

I can’t begin to describe to you how much that means to me. Thank you and I hope to shake your hand some day.

It was so cool watching you teach them how to microchip! I love seeing knowledge being spread freely. Glad they're all doing well and hopefully they'll produce eggs in the spring!

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Your Libyan Tortoises are beautiful Thank You for sharing them ❤

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thank you watching!

I found this video so interesting. Thanks for teaching us about tortoise's. They are beautiful animals.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I love your dedication. Can't wait to see in the Spring if there are babies. Without people like you such precious unique species would vanish. Oh, and very educational to watch how you had them microchipped and xrayed!

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏🏻

I love when I stumble across Garden State Tortoise vids and watch them all. Then today I discovered im not subscribed. AM NOW. Will continue enjoying them even though now subscribed and alert buttoned they are going to be watched at silly o'clock across the pond in England.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard and thank you! We’ll be in Chelmsford to do a talk in May!

@pomp5154

5 ай бұрын

@GardenStateTortoise I shall keep my eyes open for ticket information and maybe pop up and see/hear your talk. I'm not a Tortoise guy but love your vids and am in general animal mad.

So glad you do that! ❤and I’m glad they’re healthy,they are so pretty 😍

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

I try! 👍🏻

@thenoseknows9391

5 ай бұрын

@@GardenStateTortoise LUV ur channel 🐢🐢🤣🤣👍🏽👍🏽💯💯💯💯

I hope you were just so intense when you and Casey were waiting to see if you were expecting 😅. You do such an amazing job, even helping educate at the vets. Keep doing what you do ❤ Love, Karen xx

That was an expensive visit!! I’m so glad everything looks ok. Another great video!!🐢❤️🐢

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Lori!

Beautiful creatures!

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

They are!

This has become my absolute favorite YT channel-so glad I found y’all! I’ve become fascinated by turtles and tortoises and I hope one day to be able to have a turt or tort of my own. Lots more research to do, but hopefully my climate (Houston, Texas) will make owning one possible. Cheers, and stay warm! 🐢❤

I just love the way they look. So beautiful ❤

Cool xray turtles 😊

This is an important message, and you made it so clear. Adding my wish for fertile eggs in the spring and lots of lively cute babies.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Glad you think so thank you very much!

Very educational thank you. I've been involved in parrots for a long time decades even. And nesting management can be difficult for us too. Although usually we're trying to discourage nesting at any time of year. Reducing light definitely helps with a lot of our birds. Just an early bedtime late to wake up and that usually does it most of the time.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that, always interesting to hear of similarities across the animal world.

@horsetuna

5 ай бұрын

@@GardenStateTortoise considering birds are dinosaurs close relatives of reptiles there is probably a lot we can learn from each other

What beautiful tortoises. As always, thank you for what you do. I learn so much from you.!❤️

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Beautiful tortoises! I'm glad they found their way to you at GST.

I had to give my turt a bunch of antibiotic shots when she got an eye infection and i never got over the needle squeamishness. Turns out the only thing worse than getting a shot is giving one lol

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Haha I hear ya

Great video as always! Glad to see they are all okay and nothing crazy is going on with them. Keep up the fantastic work Chris and Casey!🐢

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Like watching a learning channel from days gone by. Thank you. Warm greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

Brian would be so proud of you guys!❤

I have a trio of Libyans and I was thinking of doing just the same as you. I keep them indoors in winter. There are two females and a male, one of the females tries to mount the other female, just the same thing that happens to you, the same behavior

If possible it would be cool to print out one of the x-rays of the turtles and have it framed

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Love that idea

Awesome video! Interesting to see the micro-chipping process and learn about the tortoises! Looking forward to seeing if anything happens in spring.

They’re so cute sitting in the tub.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

☺️

Great episode! Beautiful tortoises.

Great learning video; enjoyed it! Thank you!

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks!

Absolutely great video, another fantastic educational piece from you and GST. Always great seeing you on my feed.

Kudos to you showing the clinic personally how to microchip. I'm definitely going to get Charlie microchipped.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

🙏🏻

Just very well fed😊 They look really healthy ❤

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Many many thanks

Thank you for your work!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Everything in this video is so interesting and educational ❤ thanks a lot 🙏

🐢💚🐢💚🐢💚🐢💚🐢💚🐢🐢🐢

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

🙌🏻❤️🐢

They super cute 😊

tortoise s have a soul

As always learn so much ❤

Glad they are all healthy and hopefully they will produce eggs in the future!

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

🙌🏻

Very interesting. I'm rooting for the tortoises!

Great episode…hoping your plan works and you get babies from a spring mating.🖤🇨🇦

Awesome video

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Dear souls❤

Can tortoises have parthenogenesis like some other reptile species? Are tortoises affected by the Earth's magnetic field? I've read that it's weakening and the north pole is moving faster than previously measured.

Thanks for giving us a look at the Libyans- they have so much potential, but it definitely has been tough watching everyone struggle with them! 🤞for 🥚

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Tom!

Here I was expecting a case of spontaneous sequential hermaphroditism and you discovered a new bit of science for the species. Glad to know they're all ok.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Same here, thank you!

They are so gorgeous...! And so hard to find. For reasons discussed. Never mind, am more than happy with my "common" captive-bred testudos ;-)

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

🙌🏻

I would recommend you scan the chip prior to implanting it to be sure it is functioning and then again after implanting.

Look at me in a turtle comment section saying what number i am. Gosh im doing a kit with my life 🎉🥳 O right theyre not. Great work and video, awesome information!!!

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

My first thoughts were: Keeping them too warm and wet? Too much artificial light?It's on average 54° and their wet season in Libya right now. (I just googled it, of course) Is it giving them false starts and agitating them territorially? ... off to watch the rest of the vid to see if this aligns.

I've used that glue on myself to avoid getting stitches. Not used on myself to get chipped :p

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Well in case you decide to get chipped, there ya go. 😉

I just love there little faces. Quick question how big should a box turtle indoor cage be im thinking about investing in a cool expensive one thanks

Прекрасно, это лучший канал о черепахах

Wishing many fertile eggs in these gals future 🎉

7:05 I love your tortoise cap. 🐢🧢🐢 Where did you get it ?

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Arizonatortoisecompound.com 👍🏻

*whispers* Go LGTs, go!

“She’s expecting!.. a massive dump”

Super cool and informative video. I learn something new every time. Thank you, Chris, for all your care and diligence in keeping these wonderful animals healthy and happy. 🤗

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

So interesting to learn. I have a 10 year old Holmes hinge back tortoise I recently adopted . She has also been acting strange ( from what I have read about them anyway) . She seems to want to brumate, but information says her species does not. I allow her to roam freely in the apartment durning the day, and recently she seems to be trying to hide in the coolest parts of the apartment. This worries me because I think it might be too cool for an African species. (65 ish degrees) . After seeing this, I think maybe she knows better. im going to watch your video on how to hibernate tortoises .

Awesome to see the Libyans! Chris, how would you incubate their eggs? I stumbled across your amazing guides on the Greek tortoise and saw how you incubate their eggs. Just wondering if you’ll do anything different for the Libyan eggs. Thank you for all that you do!

@kylegolinveaux8419

4 ай бұрын

I would really appreciate a response!

How big should a tortoise be to microchip it?

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

4 inch shell length

Seems like one's wacky hormones set off the others. Hormones & Pheromones can cause some crazy stuff.

I caught my horsefield tortoise enjoying some happy time with my slippers, even made little cooling noises, how to deprive him with my slippers naughty tortoise.

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Oh no! 🤣

@garethrossbuddell9436

5 ай бұрын

Last summer being that he is a sneaky little Russian horsefield tortoise, he tried to escape from the front garden compound by digging into the potato patch and disguising himself as a potato in the hope of escaping. His plans with thwarted when I put the sprinkler on and flushed him out. Returning the next morning making his way over the doorstep cakes in mud looking very pleased with himself. I waterboarded in on the draining board for information with no a due, I put him under the spotlight, but he would not crack, he just retreated into his shell and watched sky sports where he plans his next escape so that he could be reunited with pedigree poo chum and his mother Russia army.

🙏🐢🤞

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

❤️👍🏻🐢

💜☮️

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

🐢❤️

Hey Chris, Where did you get the shirt from? I've seen the design in the past, but no one can tell me where to get a shirt. Also, digging the ATC hat. I'm sure Andy is appreciative!

🐢🐢🐢

Do tortoises/ turtle have hormone cycles?

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

There is evidence of the dynamic cycling of peptides and steroid hormones within a reproductive season for turtles and tortoises. 👍🏻

@Julaeable

5 ай бұрын

​@@GardenStateTortoise Fascinating

didn't know about the glue, but I've already had an occasion where one of my tortoises had her chip come out (even after her being chipped over 3y ago by then) and we had to rechip her

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

Definitely works well

Did you guys delete videos off your channel or did KZread hide them? Can’t find any of the spotted turtle videos or blandings turtle video.

Why is there no sequel about Athena? Or did I miss it?

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

We did an update on her in this video, I believe: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4qDzNime9fLl9Y.htmlsi=ZT6Wgz-dkfcHyUmJ

Maybe these tortoises can go through a period of parthenogenesis with the lack of males in this large group of females. The weather could also play a key factor in triggering them to produce fertile eggs.

I’m not ok with notching or branding.. implants or metal tags is always the way to go 💯

Do you microchip all your animals including the ones you sell?

Could tortoises have parthenogenic reproduction? I know that some lizards will do this and the ones who engage in faux mating behavior have a higher chance of reproducing. Just a thought..

4th ...

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

👍🏻

Don't show the whole number!

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

It’s good to show the whole number. Let it get out there. A microchip cannot be copied.

This time I'm second and I liked my own comment

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🙌🏻

First

@GardenStateTortoise

5 ай бұрын

🙌🏻

@3dStudioPrinting

4 ай бұрын

You should do a video where you show us how you make your outdoor enclosures. Like the ones for the Hermann tortoise.

Wait what, lesbian turtles 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢😀😃😁😁🤣😅😀😃😁🤣😅

@Phyre_Phli

5 ай бұрын

That’s what I said🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈

@AabluedragonAH

5 ай бұрын

You’ve heard of the lesbian gecko army now get ready for the lesbian libyan tortoise revolution

@thenoseknows9391

5 ай бұрын

@@AabluedragonAH 😀🤣😅😅💯💯💯💯👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

I just cant see the microchipping 😶‍🌫️🫥it makes me SO anxious...😵‍💫