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I definitely want to add the CHE as soon as possible and will order one today if I can figure out which fixture to go with (our weather is bound to shift soon). The original CFL UVB bulb that the reptile store sold us was only on for about a day-and-a-half before we turned it off in June after...

The only UV fixture at the moment is Zilla's Slimline Desert Fixture with the 50 UVB T8 fluorescent bulb since we turned off the CFL UVB bulb in the main dual-lamp fixture after reading here that it could damage their eyes (but they were going outside on a daily basis until about 2 weeks ago as...

Yeah, mulberries are like the "weed" tree of Kansas LOL. They are everywhere! And since we've been so unseasonably warm here (it's supposed to be 78 today), most of the trees are still fully leafed out. And yes, normally I try to wedge the myriad of bowls down to the glass level, but I was...

The tiny Leopard, on the other hand, will just sit limply in its water bowl (which I have to re-warm every few minutes) until I intervene and pick it up to move it to some veggies under the heat lamp. It often won't even open its eyes until I move it either. :-( I've sprayed the substrate every...

And head on

The Sulcata just after leaving its newly warmed water bowl to check out the morning's greens :-)

Thank you all. :-) I will begin weighing them weekly, Tom, (and maybe photographing them next to a reference object) to see if maybe it's the speed of the Sulcata's growth that's making the Leopard seem so small and puny. Now to figure out our "winter" menu as our outdoor sources of mulberry...

Back in early June, my daughter brought home two hatchlings (one Sulcata, one Leopard), and thanks to the great advice available on here, they were separated very early on. Since that time, they've received almost identical care in the way of diet, substrate, soaking, lighting, time outside...

Okay, I went to buy some Aloe Vera and Hibiscus at Lowe's for some more variety in their diets (Sulcata and Leopard hatchlings), and they had these mixed succulent trays on sale for 50% off. So I grabbed one in case some of the species were tortoise-safe. Is there anything seen here that can be...

Thanks everyone, and especially for that link to the indoor gardening thread! :)

Hello all, I need to put a substrate in a 200-gallon aquarium for a hatchling (Sulcata), and that seems like a lot of little $10 bags of cypress mulch from the reptile store (which is 2 hours of driving as well). Is there something which would come in a 40 or 50-lb bag from a store like Home...

In GSDs, we have two different ZVV3 Czech girls (mother and daughter) that we've imported, Tom (no maligators though LOL). For a Dobe litter this fall though, we are breeding to the Dobe that was on the last season of the Walking Dead and ended up as BBQ. :D Here's one of the GSD sons we've...

Hi Tom, 1. We're in south central Kansas (warm and very humid right now), so probably mid-October through mid-April they'll be solely indoors when we hit our colder months. 2. Sorry, I'm not sure what a "CHE" is, but I did ask my husband to pick up a timer for the basking bulb just to prevent...

Oh, and the Sulcata that I was worried was kind of lethargic yesterday turned into the Energizer Bunny once he was in the front yard. LOL

Well, after reading the suggested threads, it appears we have the dreaded spiral UVB bulb in the dual fixture, so I'm guessing we just shouldn't turn that one on (the one for heat has a separate "on" switch)? They went outside for two hours this afternoon once it suddenly dawned on me that I...