Recent content by jinete

I usually boil anything from "outdoors" for 15-20 minutes before I will place it with my reptiles.

Welcome! I love Puerto Rico. Lived there for a bit in 1995. Cute tortoise!

Yes. I've carefully gone through "Beginner Mistakes" and "Russian hatchlings". I'm going to raise the substrate level this morning while he is soaking. This should raise the temps a bit. We'll see how it goes from there.

Humidity runs between 50-60. Thanks for the advice.

I really appreciate this site and all of the information that has been made available. I am new to tortoises and have some beginner concerns. I have a very young (4 month old) Russian Tortoise. I have had him for 2 weeks now. My concern is that he has not really eaten in the 2 weeks. He has...

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Just read yesterday in our neighborhood newspaper that a teen that turned around to run from a coyote here in Orange County, CA was attacked. Usually they are just getting into trashcans but lately been hearing more and more of attacks on neighborhood pets and now a person. Craziness. Hope...

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Welcome from sunny (except the last couple days) Southern California.

Happens to me all the time.

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For anyone interested, Amazon has a CyberMonday Lightning Deal right now for $12.69. Ends in 20 minutes so hopefully some that needs one can grab one before the deal ends.

Just saw coyotes running around the neighborhood the other night. I'm in the Huntington Beach, CA area. Following this thread.

Attached is the pic with temps. Please provide recommendations/comments/advice.

Have kept lizards for many years. A good friend of mine keeps tortoises and kind of pushed me towards it. I'm excited.