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    Where to buy clear vinyl for door strips?

    Got mine on Amazon. Prime shipping isn't available but it came in pretty quick. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DYUNM2Q/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
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    Are these termites?

    I can tell you with 100% certainty those are not termites. I did my graduate thesis on Formosan subterranean termites and those in no way, shape or form resemble termites. The pictures are a little blurry but I'd say they're some sort of "true bug" in the Order Hemiptera. Looks like some sort...
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    Building a night box this weekend.

    That's the exact same heater I ordered off of Amazon. I've got a 4x2 box and using a Hydrofarm 1000w thermostat. I've only been running it a few days now but so far it's done a great job.
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    Leonardo's night box/winter house

    Not sure of the exact weight but it's definitely very heavy. The top alone is pretty heavy but manageable for just myself. What I've done is put 4 bricks under it and when I need to move it I slide two small dollies with wheels under it, take out the bricks and wheel it where I want it. That...
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    Leonardo's night box/winter house

    He can come and go as he pleases. His box is inside a screened in patio and I'm going to leave the door open for him. I had closed the door tonight to see if he'd go in and stay in the box after the first time he got out - but I have cameras around my house and one is in the patio. I saw that he...
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    Leonardo's night box/winter house

    He roams outside all year long and he grazes on the grass in the yard. I leave cuttlebone all over for him to find and I also supplement his diet with calcium and vitamin powder sprinkled over bits of canteloupe. This is his first winter with me so that's why I built the night box. This was him...
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    Leonardo's night box/winter house

    So the box is totally finished now minus the paint. The heater is installed and the plastic flaps are installed. I have two questions. I plugged everything in tonight and it seems to work very well. The temps are 65 here and I set the thermostat to 80. The heater is plugged into the thermostat...
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    Leonardo's night box/winter house

    I don't mind the name calling. Just glad I'm over it now. I still have lingering effects though. The nasty strain of Hand Foot and Mouth I got left me with a few parting gifts. Now 5 of my fingernails are beginning to peel away and are going to fall off and I'm expecting a few of my toe nails to...
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    Leonardo's night box/winter house

    So I had been here on this forum around July of this year with a Leopard tortoise we had found at my work. Originally, I had been looking for someone to rehome him to but in the end my now 4 year old son really wanted to keep his ninja turtle he named Leonardo. I had planned on building a...
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    Large leopard tortoise poop

    Is this what a large leopard tortoise's poop should look like? His plastron is 11 inches and he weighs 12 pounds. He's picked two areas of the yard to always go in. One is on the cement by a back door the other is in an alley way next to my garage. It's like a mine field of turtle poop by the...
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    Free Leopard Tortoise

    We actually have a doggie door built into the patio just like that one. I just wasn't sure if he'd learn how to go in and out using it.
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    Free Leopard Tortoise

    My plans are - as of right now - to build the box with each wall and top and bottom having an outside piece of wood a sheet of foam insulation in the middle and another piece of wood like in Tom’s set up. I’m planning on using a heater like this one...
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    Free Leopard Tortoise

    Here are some pics of him this evening. I've let the grass grow a little high in the yard and he was crawling through it toward the cement. I measured him and weighed him as well to see how big of a heated box would be best for him. I was thinking 2 feet deep x 2 feet high x 4 feet wide. About...
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    Free Leopard Tortoise

    There's been a change of plans. After numerous people suggested trying to keep him myself, after talking to my wife and mostly due to one of my kids I think we're gonna give taking care of him ourselves a shot. This evening I learned that after my wife had picked up our kids from school and...
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    Free Leopard Tortoise

    Thanks but I'm actually looking for a well established member who already has one or even a few adult african tortoises. They'd already be set up and ready to go when it comes time for dealing with winter and the problems associated with this particular species and size of tortoise.
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