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    Ghido and Chi chi's cuteness thread

    I love your grow tent setup! I've been thinking about getting one and now I definitely will. Thanks! ?
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    Mycoplasma, night time heat and adoption

    Thought I’d post an update in case any newbies like me find this info helpful now or in the future. I should mention that I took my notes hurriedly, so if there are any errors in the info below it’s likely my fault. I had the vet’s office send me all of my Hermann’s records and discovered that...
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    Mycoplasma, night time heat and adoption

    It’s interesting, I’m looking at the testing lab that was mentioned in Dr. Boyer’s article and the tests themselves aren’t expensive. https://labs.vetmed.ufl.edu/wordpress/files/2018/07/Shipping-Collection-and-Submission-information-for-Mycoplasma.pdf...
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    Mycoplasma, night time heat and adoption

    Thanks so much! ?
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    Mycoplasma, night time heat and adoption

    Good idea, thanks!
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    Mycoplasma, night time heat and adoption

    Thank you everyone so much for all of the good advice! I will increase the temps in his enclosure today and will side mount the RHP when it arrives. :) And thank you for the articles by Dr. Boyer. I’m still working my way through the first one, but the various tests that he describes in the...
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    Mycoplasma, night time heat and adoption

    Hi all! I have a question about mycoplasma, night time heat and adoption. I have been fostering a male Hermann’s tortoise who was diagnosed with mycoplasma by a vet soon after I got him. He got a round of antibiotic shots and the vet said he was doing well in a follow up appointment. However, I...
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    Hello from me and my fosters!

    Thanks @Ink ! ?
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    Hello from me and my fosters!

    @maggie3fan , oh man, 85 degrees and not needing air conditioning sounds amazing! Wish we lived in Oregon! ? Thanks @Ink ! Here’s a photo of my box turtle. She is such a sweetie. ?
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    Hello from me and my fosters!

    Thanks so much, @gsxs750 , @Yvonne G , @maggie3fan , and @Gillian M ! @maggie3fan - LOL, I hope your summers in Oregon are nicer than Fresno summers! :)
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    Hello from me and my fosters!

    Thanks for the welcome, @ZEROPILOT and @Ray--Opo !
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    Hello from me and my fosters!

    Hello all! ? I’m new to posting but have been reading the forum for a while (and learning a lot!). I live in the Central Valley in CA and have been taking care of a box turtle and a Hermann’s tortoise for about a year. (When I met them they were housed together in a mail tote, no heat lamps, no...
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