Recent content by kasey17

I know, right? It's kind of rediculus how many hoops you have to jump through, but I get why they do it. :P

Thanks Skyler!

They're really neat! I already want another one, lol. I tried moving the bulb up, but it didn't seem to help. I can't move it down because there is a screen top. (I'm afraid my cat will get her if I take it off) she I super active with the temps in the high 80's but I'm afraid it needs to be...

How can I get the hot side to 95* and the cool side to 75*? Any ideas? Thanks

Help! I can't get her temps right... With a 100 watt bulb to cool side is at 78* and the hot side is 90*, with a 150 watt bulb the cool side stays the same, but the hot side shoots up to 110!

You should check out turtlestuff.com. They have a ton of plants specifically for tortoises. I ordered four of the mixes myself (desert, meadow, forage, and wildflower) :)

Wow! That came out great!

Thanks Angela! Her pen is taking a while because in order to register her, we have to build it a certain way and then they have to inspect it. If it's not exactly the way they want it then we can't adopt her. :( It's been a crazy ride trying to figure out how to get to keep her, lol. But...

Good! That makes me feel better :D We are already hooked on this little girl! Anybody think her tanks temperatures are to low/high?

So they should still be soft at six months to a year? That seems to be how old most people think she is. Is there anything else I can do to help it harden? We have to wait to put her outside because once her pen is finished we are going to plant the seeds I bought, and I want to give them a...

We are currently building building an outdoor enclosure for our baby desert tortoise. Meanwhile "she" is in a 55 gal. Aquarium. She has a uvb strip light and a heat lamp. She has an undergroud burrow on the hot side, and a semi-underground burrow on the cool side. I gave her a cuttle bone...

So I ended up having to work today which means I'll have to call tomorrow to find out about keeping her. I put the soil in her cage last night and she really seemed to like it. She roams around a lot and is eating and pooping regularly, however I'm worried about her soft shell. I have a calcium...

Thank you guys for all the info. I'm pretty sure she was someone's pet because her shell is kind of soft and she's not shy around us at all. Plus I'm in the middle of Las Vegas, so I'm not sure how she would have found us if she wasn't already in the neighborhood. From what I've read so far you...

Thanks for all the great info and pics![hr] This is just her temp. home. It is a plastic sweater box I had laying around. We are going to get a heat lamp, uvb lamp, and a couple other things to dress up a 50 Gal. aquarium I have in storage. I figure this should last a little a while, while we...

So I think Roxy is a desert tortoise too, but a friend of mine said he thinks she is a Sulcata? (sorry if I spelled that wrong) Any one have any thoughts on that? How would you tell the diff? Thanks Thanks Moochie- I thinks she's beautiful!