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Booger died about an hour ago now, in my arms. I've finally regained composure enough to post it on the forums I go to. As soon as the sun comes up, I'll take care of burial.

Sigh. I lost Deasil. Sometime in the last hour he passed. Regarding the quarantining, maggie, I've seen mine and his almost daily since we got them. I know neither has shown any signs of infections, and my little one was given a failing for 'unknown causes' by the vet.. no blood work was done...

So my cat and tortoise are both quite ill. Tortoise has been doing great up until last week when it had a friend over. My friend received their sulcata the same day, from the same clutch. He was visiting for a few days, so his sulcata did too. (His tortoise is far far more active than mine...

Actually, if a dog were recently dewormed, it can leave large amounts of the dewormer in the fecal matter. Heartworm medications for large dogs come in heavy strengths which can kill smaller animals, and again, will pass some in the stool. Its the various medications that owners feed their...

CELLMASS, we get that too. Hooray for subtropics. I never get cold sores, but keep carmex around for the chapped lips, and we always have the gallon size aloe for burns. Lets just agree to share our summertime misery, for which we get to skip winter (I'm not up on my AZ climate, but I assume you...

Yes, I know, this thread is about two and a half weeks old. Its the newest one that popped up on a search for ants. Wanted to warn people, I almost poisoned my little one today. While putting a bit of DE around the playpen area, since I have fire ants here (a regular nuisance here in Florida)...

Um, be very very very careful getting anything labeled Miracle Gro.... if its got Miracle Gro in it, don't buy it. If its free of fertilizers and pine chips, then I don't see why not. As per coir, I started with it, and scrapped it a few weeks later due to a small case of impaction from my...

Here's a question from a hatchling owner... were the blocks mortared at all? It didn't look like it to me. Was it simply pushing/ramming on unmortared blocks that broke it? The strength difference is large, especially if they are hollow (normal) blocks. A 10 year old kid can break non-mortared...

Its quite mobile, with only 4 stakes holding it down. Since its already got the palm tree providing shade, I'll move it tomorrow... dreading the next bout of weed picking.

We're in the 80s in the day, and low 60's at night now. During the HOTTEST summer days, we're only in the upper 90's. Its never been 100F here. Now, the problem is, our heat index routinely reaches 110F-130F. Just after the afternoon showers, we are frequently sitting at 90F-95F and 100%...

I decided to make myself a sturdy outdoor playpen and go with daytime romps. Thanks to all for the advice. Since the enclosure is more its own thread, I put up pics here, which also includes a pic of the previous daytime playpen.

The smart people in the sulcata forums said my weather has a thumbs up, so decided to take the little one back outside. Before, I was told it was a bit too cool. Nights are still low 60's, so the new version is only daytime romping. Anyhow, my Outdoor Playpen V1.0 looked like this...

Just finished Half Life 2, and Episode 1 and 2, and I play Team Fortress 2. All have automated turrets. ;)

Deasil's going on a few months old now, and temps are up into the low to mid 80's during the day. Before, it was in the low 70's, and I was told too cold, even in direct sunlight with a windblock... now that the temps are up higher, think its safe to start putting the little one out in the...

My little one sleeps maybe 4 hours during lights on, broken into ~1 hour naps. My friend's, who's is from the same clutch, doesn't sleep during lights on at all. Regarding 115F, according to all available research, is too hot. Some cook their sulcatas at that temp and report no illl effects...

Some things I wish I had know sooner, for my hatchling (if you adopt an adult that lives outside, you can ignore me, as it probably won't be relevant)... I definitely wish I had spent time reading the enclosures forum. The only things I saved from my first investment was a light holder and the...

The tube type would be better than a coil, but what I'm using (which everyone recommends) is this.. http://www.google.com/products?q=trex%20100w%20uvb&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf As per the substrate...

As a lot of people will tell you, if its the coil type compact fluorescent UVB bulb, then its horrible for their eyes and can lead to a host of problems, including blindness. From what I've read, they let too much of the wrong type of UV through, which is terrible for their eyes. One picture I...

I've been an owner about as long as you, and my baby was a few days old when I got him. Since I recently went through this as well, let me see if I can ask all the right questions... How active are they? Are they eating well? What is their diet? What is their water availability? So you soak...

My tort has never had grocery greens. Its been all wild stuff and tort pellets. When they are coaxed to open it, by dousing their eye with saline or touching their cheek with a q-tip (using a finger results in them pulling in), its the same almost-black both eyes have always been. Not swollen...