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    Our new pancake enclosure

    Thanks for all the feedback. Still playing with the heat spots as like I said the lighting units produce a lot of heat
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    Our new pancake enclosure

    The corner builds were for the bearded dragons in previously, the pancakes hide in them but can climb them. We did try two collated uromastyx in there but they just got lost as they are one of the smaller species
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    Our new pancake enclosure

    There are three in here, they do climb up and down, the basking spot is up there. We have an egg pit in there too, under cover to prevent drying out if they lay. They have only been in there for four days but are doing well.
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    Our new pancake enclosure

    Thought I would upload a few pics of our new pancake enclosure for our make and two girls. We have installed an Arcadia superzoo T5 unit. It produces a lot of heat and when combined with the basking spots keeping it cool is a real challenge.
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    Worms!!! Please help

    That isn't a normal parasite. Load. I just had new pancakes screened and came back with a slightly high pin worm count and nothing was visible to the eye. Three days of panacur should have done the job.
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    Incubators

    Thanks for that. I'm looking to introduce my girls and male next week in their new enclosure and eventually mix our uromastyx with them.
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    Incubators

    Just wanted to get an idea of how many keepers use home made verse bought incubators and the designs of homemade ones. Thanks
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    [split] Wild caught or Captive bred?

    RE: Should I or shouldn't I I find the arguments that owning any reptile means you contribute to its decline to be quite idiotic. Before anyone starts, I do not currently own any tortoises, I have rescued in the past but I am a biologist having worked in African conservation for a number of...
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    Beginner Mistakes - commentary

    When I click the link I get a 404 message???
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    Advice on pancake enclosure idea

    Is MDF a safe material to construct a table from?
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    Advice on pancake enclosure idea

    They would be indoors and outside when weather permits. Otherwise I was considering a med species but I would prefer to get those when I have space for outdoor ploy tunnel type enclosures. I've worked in tortoise in situ conservation and worked with sulcatta and spur thighs in captivity but...
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    Advice on pancake enclosure idea

    Im in the UK and I'm still deciding if this is a good place for them. I have re-thought the design due to limited wood work skills and the challenges of a triangular table I am considering going for an L shaped corner table, still probably on 2 levels but the corner will allow for variation in...
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    Hi all on the forum

    Just a quick into as I'm new to the forum. I'm considering becoming a tortoise owner. I, an ecologist/conservation biologist lecturer inn the UK and have published research on giant tort reintroduction and worked on pancake tortoise ecology indeed it i s pancakes I am considering becoming the...
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    Advice on pancake enclosure idea

    I'm currently brainstorming ideas for a pancake tortoise table. My current plan is a corner table which will be a right angled triangle to slot into the corner of a room. I'm planning on the 2 sides perpendicular to the wall being 150cm long which will make the front approximately 2.1m. I am...
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