Recent content by Laura starkey

Hello and welcome. I'm new here, but just thought I would say hi from London

The heat lamp is over a large flat basking rock...... thank you for the info on the gun, mine is a 12:1 so I should shoot at around 12" away? I didn't realise you have to leave the digital probe thermometer under the heat for so long, so I will do that tomorrow. Thanks for the responses, it's...

Yes I'm holding 2 inches above her basking spot..... I'm not sure how long to hold the trigger in as the temps change the longer I hold it. Maybe I'm just being thick! Lol!

I'm backbagain with another question. I've read that Dave my horsefield should have temps of 90 - 95F and some people say 100F?! What are the correct temps. I'm struggling with my temp gun as every time I take temp it has a different reading. It's really fluctuating so I don't know what the...

Hahahahahaha I know exactly what you mean! Who doesn't love some peace and quiet eh?!

thank you to all of you that replied to my previous posts........ I have had Dave since Thursday night so it's now day four.... and she is finally eating in her enclosure. It turns out that she likes her food quite moist, so I spray it with water and she dives in! The previous owner said she...

Hiya..... I've finally got her eating. It turns out she likes her food wet! So I have to spray it, the. She tucks in. The enclosure can be extended which I will do in due course and my husband is planning to put another floor in so she can go upstairs and roam around too.... he's been very...

Thank you for the advice. She's getting better. She's in a tub that she can't see out of now. She's also been going into her water in her enclosure, so I think she's settling in now. Xxx

Thanks for the tip, I will give that a go xx

Yes very true..... just wish she would eat in her enclosure..... maybe she just hates her set up - lol! But like you said, it's a start......

We're on day three now...... I was out most the day and I know she had been in her water bowl because she had walked her soil into it and peed in it, but alas, she still refuses to eat. I put down some Romaine lettuce in the garden soaked in water because her previous owner told me she liked...

Thank you for the reassurance..... I think it's because I've taken her on from her previous owner and changed her enclosure a lot, and she's just getting used to it. Fingers crossed anyway.

Thanks for all the advice.....: I will move a few things out of the enclosure and put some more stones down...... she's eaten clover in the garden today and that's it. She was very active outside, but as soon as she's in her enclosure, she just basks really, doesn't move around too much. The...

Yes I guess you're right..... poor Dave doesn't really understand why she's been put in a tub of warm water. We are in the process of building an outdoor enclosure for her..... but at the moment I'm literally sitting out in the sun with her so she can get some natural UV. She's enjoying it, but...

Thanks again for your advice. I will get an opaque container for her tomorrow xx