Record Guinness? Male tortoise, 35 tortoises female family!

[tortoiseboy200]

tortoises rock and there shells are pyrmaiding

[sulcatajim]

Nice group, what species? I raise Sulcata's, and regularly spray them down with water, though they are naturally from near the Sahara, their borrows are moist. They eat plenty of grasses and weeds, with no pesticides whatsoever, sprinkled with D3 fortified Calcium. I feed them on sifted, crushed oyster shell, inexpensive and a great source of calcium. I see your tortoises get plenty of sunlight, they are a lucky bunch. It's great to see them thriving so well. How about some live footage?

[Ronblue99]

Torture? You seem to forget that they are reproducing in this torturous environment. Obviously they are doing something right. Stop being so critical for goodness sake!

[ibarleve]

muy tratadas, en perfecto estado, se nota que la persona que las cuida, es una persona realmente responsable de la vida animal, se que es muy dificil es cuidado para q nascan de el huevo ,y que se les vaya esa panza que tienen en el caparazon de abajo, qsde se alimentan de eso mientras estan en el huevo y lo tienen como unas 2semanas o menos.

ademas es hermoso, y seq los machos a partir de los 15 años empiezan a morder,poreso es que se quedo con las hembras.

muchisimas felicitaciones!!

[puppusse79]

La chanson n'est pas appropriée......comment peut on prononcer les mots "best friend" "i love you" quand on voit l'etat déplorable de leurs carapaces!!!!!!!

[ibarleve]

es re lindoo son hermosas merecen este video!!!!!  es hermoso y muy gracioso

10 poits!!!

[ibarleve]

es re lindoo son hermosas merecen este video!!!!! es hermoso y muy gracioso

10 poits!!!

[SadieMayLuv]

This is deplorable!!! They are over crowded and have deformed shells and living on concrete!!! And your still breeding them!!! I hope animal services looks into your horrid care of these wonderful creatures. Don't you see that their shells are deformed from lack of beneficial nutrition. These poor tortoises'!!! It makes me sad to know there are so many Desert Tortoises' out there in these same conditions. So Sad!!

[menny825]

I think they are cute! I would LOVE to have the room for Turtles, and the time!!!

[gojimmygo1229]

These poor tortoises are being abused. They are over crowded and should not be kept on concrete. They are not healthy. And - breeding endangered tortoises in uhelathy, captive conditions does absolutely nothing to help. Captive born tortoises can never be released back into the wild - ever.

Anybody who wants to learn about or help tortoises should go to sites like the California Desert Tortoise Preserve.

[wizzasmum]

They ARE cute but so horribly 'cared' for. They should be on a hillside with burrows and correct diet - this is torture for the poor little things, The keeper shooudl be ashamed and to play 'Best Friend' is just adding insult to injury. I will nt be eating my dinner this evening after watching that :(

[tortoiseluva]

I can see that their shells are pyraminding already so that is NOT a good sign. It means their diet is improper.

[super1commenter]

tortoise are like that

[tortoiseluva]

no, trust me. I've worked with tortoises for a long time, healthy shells are NOT like that.

[super1commenter]

ok maybe :)

[Cernwrech]

How large are their enclosures? feral tortoises roam large areas and walk a lot. You seem to keep yours in very small enclosures (and there's a lot of them in the same cage). If I were a tortoise, I wouldn't be very happy about that...

[wizzasmum]

It's a disaster waiting to happen unfortunately. Maybe the keeper has battery hens too!

[StarWarsJedi28]

can i have a baby one

[forestgump18]

The temperature of the eggs is what determines the sex of the critters inside. I've never bred my turtles so I don't know what the temps are, but it's the same deal for alligators/ crocodiles

[fokkerdon]

Alligators and crocs are low for females, higher for males.

Reversed for desert tortoises, higher - up to a point - means more females.

Is illegal to breed desert tortoises in CA.

[Tekkerin]

Wow very sweeeeeeet

[MovieWatcher1991]

i like your tortoise

howe old are they ??

[CCFCAndy121]

very ill looking tortoises, pyramiding and shell rot on most of them,

sort it out

[QATARxAMY]

i juz love to watch this video i watch it 3 times a week .. i want my turtle to make a family too lool =D ,,

perhaps after 10 yrs =( omg long time

[tortoisesrule]

those look like gophers tortoises and they r illegal

[aniaby]

yes, but the male i have from the time of 1984, when he was born (in very bad conditions) and i was 4, is my partner and friend. Then, a neighbor give me a female tortoise because she couldn´t take care of it, and now i have this beautiful family. In Mexico there isn´t a problem for that, while take care and reproduce that protected specie. But in this these days is illegal to pick it up in the highways or in its natural living. Is no illegal when somone give you for take care of it.

[pcmiler2000]

They may be illegal to have as pets, at least they are breeding....and numbers increasing, im sure the EPA wouldnt said anything.

[fokkerdon]

Can never be legally released into the wild.

Not illegal, but need to be permitted.

[onkeyeater]

Ituree solo callate no saves de que estas hablando es lo unico que tengo para decirte CALLATE!@!@!

[lindapittsburgh]

I love those turtles tortoises...

[irinitaa]

nooo jajaj tortugas!! qe buenoo,

[Ituree]

Tú misma. Son tus tortugas y tú eres la responsable de ellas. Tú sabrás lo que haces con ellas, pero lo que se refleja en este video es misera para estos animales tan maravillosos.

[aniaby]

Cada quien opina lo que le da la gana, si en el video tu ves otra cosa, estas en tu derecho de opinar. Yo ya dije la verdad, las tortugas se encuentran perfectamente segun veterinario de Houston, llevan una dieta rica en diente de leon, malva, ciertos tipos de zacate silvestre, nopal, tuna, algunos vegetales y suplementos vitaminicos y se estan tratando las 5 que te platique. El espacio es grandisimo en casa, asi que yo no tengo duda en lo absoluto de que esten llevando un trato decente.

[Ituree]

Con esa cansión me parece que te cachondeas, de verdad.

Te suena la palabra endogamia? Y deformaciones? Y problemas genéticos? O incluso un mínimo espacio vital que estas pobres tortugas no tienen??

No sé cómo no se te cae la cara de vergüenza de tenerlas así.

[aniaby]

Primero escucha bien la cancion.Nunca se han cruzado entre familia,solo una hembra y un macho,a su vez procrearon la 2da generacion que solo ha sido apareada con otros machos,nunca el padre.Deformaciones,si,solo 5 de las 38 tienen piramidacion y desde hace tiempo estan siendo tratadas,las demas tienen un minimo de deformidad normal,consecuencia de la cautividad,esto me lo comento un veterinario del zoologico de Houston y otro de mi ciudad.

[aniaby]

Puede ser problema genetico por eso ya no apareo a la primer pareja,estoy viendo que sucede con las nietas de esta. Tienen mucho espacio donde andar,yo no tengo la culpa de que cuando me oyen se amontonan para estar cerca de mi aunque no sea por hambre

[aniaby]

El especio en que las tengo es grandisimo lastima que en las fotos que les he tomado como todas se juntan pues solo sale el espacio que ves alli.

[DonnZ0r]

Yeah, it's no suprise that they are all the same sex, as rapile eggs turn out the way they do when the heat stays the same.

[aniaby]

Actually,  two months ago i found that one of my girls... is a boy!! lol!

[DonnZ0r]

Temperature must've been diffrent then where his egg was. :)

[Shalek]

you really love your turtles :)

[himashin]

those are cute!

[DgtlOutcst]

wow, the one at 0:26 is TINY

[turtleluver45]

omg thts soooooo cute have your tortoises had any more?????????

[melissa32855]

Too cute!!!

[caliskpa]

ui como extraño las tortugitas aka en españa ni se ven i en estados unidos tmpp viva las tortugas de argentina!!jsja besitos

[CocoMunky]

OMG ILL BUY ONE!! lol omg so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute <3

[gabrielaortiz53]

que feas!! xD jajajaj lo digo de una forma positiva trankis!! a mi no m gustan las tortugas jajaja q lindo videooo q linda familia voy a llorar jaja =P ta fino 5 estrellas!!

[TheRealXRob]

Sweet video :-) And quite a coincidence, I've used the same song in a video about my turtle :-P And about the pyramiding, I read a study a while ago, saying it might depend on a combination between diet and air humidity; more humidity equals less pyramids (of course it also needs to be warm enogh so they don't get sick). I don't know if it's true, but I'm considering buying.. one of those things that create water vapor, whatever they're called in english, to my turtle.

[markmoonwalk]

wow those tortoises are seriously pyramiding!

[alerioja]

wow!! ke bonita familia jeje.. oye.. apoco tus tortugas nacieron en tu kasa :|?

[TheMadLiteralist]

Wow. How much do you have to feed them?

[LovelyYTRocks]

Wow. Too much sex.

[classybrunette]

Hi great video but many of the torts are pyramided. They probably are allowed to eat too much!!!!

[aniaby]

I went with a veterinary doctor, he told me my tortoises are very well, only 5 from my 39 have problems and maybe can be genetic, but at the moment he give calcium and vitamin D supplements for those 5 tortoises .

Thanks

[Animalkisser]

Ana Gaby, You must love your tortoises but they look malnourished and the are too crowded. They might be your "best friends", but are you their best friend???

[QZahmis]

I am jealous... I only have 12.....Great vid !

[Pau3125]

Tus tortugas sufren piramizacion, tan mal alimentadas, necesitan un area ams grande, no puedes adaptar todo tu patio?

[balero007]

como sabes cuando una tortuga tiene piramizacion, porke tiene ke ver el tamaño del area?

[aniaby]

Fui con un veterinario de Houston y en resumen me dijo que mis tortugas estan bien, que el tener la concha abultada es normal hasta cierto punto, solo 5 de mis 39 tortugas sufren piramidacion y ya estoy tomando cartas en el asunto. El veterinario me aconsejo unos suplementos alimenticios a base de calcio y vitamina D, aunque no se descarta que pueda ser un problema genetico por lo cual voy a supervisar la 3ra generacion (nietas) que son de diferente padre.

Gracias por el consejo.

[fullofsugar]

It's a very cute video ^^