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  1. TerraTheRussian

    Indoor enclosure ready for its debut

    After reading in here for months I have made a ton of changes to my Russian enclosure. The dimension is 5 x 10'. On the left was my original enclosure, which now the cool end is filled with coconut coir and a hide. It has a door and a little water dish and a wide terra cotta "wading pool". The...
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    3rd set of bulbs

    Okay, I am trying to get this right. I think I finally have the correct lighting for my torts indoor enclosure after 3 trys. I got a UVA/ UVB mercury vapor light on a timer to be on 12 hrs a day. Then I have a ceramic heat bulb to be on 24 hrs a day. She spends most the day under the bulb and...
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    Potted houseplants question

    I am re-doing my tortoise area (Russian) and researched indoor plants she can eat. Any advise on how to plant so she wont totally destroy the plants? Also is the topsoil in the plants going to be okay if she gets into it? These are the plants I am considering: jade, aloe, african violet...
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    Does your Tortoise like being petted?

    I think mine does like it, she never hides and looks at me with her head tilted.
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    Hello from Terra and Lindsay

    Hi everyone! The sun in Oregon has finally come out so we have been cruising the yard alongside our new baby chicks. Everyone gets along well. I just booked "The Reptile Guy" for my sons 7th birthday. We are so excited. He has tons of snakes, lizards and tortoises. We took a class last summer...
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