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I got one of those counter top aero-style growers and it's been amazing for helping me get seedlings off to a strong start before I...
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Can you keep Marginated tortoises outside in Uk?
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For anywhere in the world, I like to have an indoor and an outdoor enclosure. Indoors for night time and inclement weather, outdoors for...
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Setting up for a Russian Tortoise - Constructive comments welcome
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I like this explanation. I would add that grocery store greens by themselves are not great tortoise food, but grocery store greens are...
Yesterday at 6:54 PM
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Enough soaking for a adult Russian?
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Simplified: 1. Once a month is enough to keep at least some tortoises alive some of the time. 2. Once a month is not enough to keep some...
Yesterday at 1:44 PM
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Enough soaking for a adult Russian?
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No, it is not also fine to go once a month. I see a lot cases of bladder stones in people's tortoises that don't soak them often enough...
Yesterday at 1:18 PM
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Can’t find incandescent flood bulbs
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Flukers leaves the details off the package which causes lots of confusion. You want a flood bulb, not a spot bulb. That package doesn't...
Yesterday at 11:23 AM
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Enough soaking for a adult Russian?
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There is all sorts of wrong info out there. The "soaking is bad for them" myth is an easy one to disprove. All by myself I have started...
Yesterday at 11:15 AM
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Is pyramiding successfully stopped
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Not a hatchling, but still a little baby. Think how much growing it has left to do. its 4.5 inches now, but it will eventually reach 32...
Yesterday at 6:38 AM
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Is pyramiding successfully stopped
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Living outdoors full time makes the hatchlings and babies pyramid. The climate doesn't matter. This is true in captive settings even in...
Thursday at 6:49 PM
Tom
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Does anyone here make and sell the heated night boxes?
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Show him these threads: https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/single-tortoise-night-box.181515/...
Thursday at 6:28 PM
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A few sneezes has me worried - 3.5 year old Sulcata
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Lynwood California? As is usually the case, your vet doesn't know tortoises. Urates are the by-product of protein digestion. They build...
Thursday at 7:16 AM
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Temps not lower than 80-85 day and night and basking needs to be 95-100. Get the temps up, they are incorrect. When they live outside...
Thursday at 7:00 AM
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Is pyramiding successfully stopped
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Correct. The rate of pyramiding looks to be the same. What bulbs are you using? Is it in a closed chamber enclosure? How much outdoor...
Thursday at 6:57 AM
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Is pyramiding successfully stopped
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All the growth is coming in at the same angle. I don't see any change. What was the weight in Feb and what is it now? In grams. What...
Thursday at 6:50 AM
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Crease under the plastron
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Plastron is normal. Chin color is likely staining from substrate. It does not look scratched or irritated to me.
Thursday at 6:48 AM
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