Just a note in case anyone wanders by this thread; I had to make the photos album private till I sort out editing my unboxing video due to my address being visible. Ooops. Hard cringe.
I had a complete brain fart moment and had someone point out to me that my full name and address were in clear view of the unboxing video so I needed to retract my photo album link.
Thank you for all the responses!
Thank you Tom! I do have a closed chamber planned but am awaiting arrival. I checked around locally for a few hours the first day he arrived and no one carried hydroponic tents outside of the internet.
I'll switch the lamps today and dig out the moss. My hope was that by covering it thickly...
Some questions and current products.
I'm currently researching what sort of amendments I can make to encourage my hatchling Leo to eat the Mazuri pellets and the soft Fluker's diet. I soak the dry Mazuri pellets briefly, but not so long as to cause them to lose their shape. I sprinkle them into...
Our adventure so far! From the moment of ordering, the unboxing and through to pictures from today!
Bishop the leopard tortoise
I chose his name after the character from Ridley Scott's Alien. It's one of my favorite movies. My orange cat is named Jonesy, after the feline crew member.
Yay...
So I created a profile and introduced myself back in 2019 intending to get educated on potentially adopting a Redfoot. I never did pick up a tortoise because I had emergent major back surgery that derailed my plans.
So here I am again! And surprise! My first tortoise arrived this morning from...
Thanks all! :-) I'm psyched to be here! For those wondering, my LP, Tobi, is about silver dollar size now. He was in a teeny dram bottle when I first brought him home. He's still under a year old.
My name is Sam and I joined the forums to brush up before adopting my first tortoise! I'm into creating live-planted enclosures and currently keep a 20L sized vivarium that houses my Lasiodora parahbyana. It's also haywire with Isopods right now...again.
I'm planning on adopting a tortoise Red...