Recent content by Bumicu

Lol! Love the names, so cute!

Thank you all for the compliments. We've been looking forward to having a larger space for Elmo to spend the day in. We have an outdoor cat, and all sorts of other critters (hawks, possums, raccoons, snakes, and at least one fox) that come through our yard regularly, so I wanted to make sure we...

Thanks! No hardware cloth underneath. We did, however, dig a trench a few inches deep all the way around the inside. Then screwed plastic lawn edging to the bottom of each side, and back filled with the soil that was already there. On top of that went a few bags of new topsoil, then a few bags...

Here are a few pics of Elmo's daytime enclosure. After endless hours of searching online for ideas and examples, this is what we decided on. My husband worked on it a couple of hours a day, over a few days. It's about 3'x 8'. We were able to get everything in just before it rained! Elmo...

Just wanted to say thank you to all of you who take the time to answer newbies. I posted a few months ago when our Elmo had just come home. I was worried about heat, humidity, food, etc, etc, etc...and he hid ALL day. I'm happy to share that he now comes out on his own everyday and walks around...

Thank you both for your quick replies! I will definitely check out the library and make some changes to keep Elmo healthy in his new home. We live in Miami, so I'm hoping soon we can build him something nice to hang out in during the day, at least until he gets big enough to stay out full time. :)

Hi all, we have a new little "guy" who came home about a week ago. He came home with a 75 watt infrared lamp and a Reptisun 10.0 UVB, in a 20 gallon long, Cypress mulch for substrate. I've since added a 75 watt basking light and lots of moist sphagnum moss and some ferns from my yard. He's got...

Hi everyone. Got our first tortoise one week ago. "He" is a cherry head red foot, named Elmo, about 2 inches long. Hope to get a lot of good advice. I have A LOT questions!:)