Recent content by Levendis

RE: Hello from Taara & Her Torty Mom Hello again Taara Hope you received my other message. I'm also a newbie and my sulcata and my partner's leopards are less than six months old. I'm still kind of paranoid when it comes to using wild veggies for my tortoises here in hong kong - but a few...

Thank you for all your words of encouragement. I feel that as I know the tortoise better over time, hopefully we'll have more interesting photos to share.

I pour boiling water over my coco-noir substrate to expand it properly and also to remove things like mites, mold, bacteria...I thought most of these pests cannot be killed by freezing only?

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I use a cheap webcam (~US$60) called EasyN which doesn't even require a PC to setup (an iphone or android phone would do). I had spent more on slightly more expensive ones ($100-200) range with fancy features such as high resolution, sound and automatic notifications, but found out that a basic...

Thank you all for taking the time to offer comments on the setup - I enjoy keeping the Chairman very much and certainly want to improve his well-being where possible. I'm attaching a few more details of the enclosure because the photo in the first post is a little unclear: Photo 1. The...

I forgot to mention that I wanted to thank Tom for his experiments and his way of publicizing the results. Sulcata keepers in Hong Kong are mostly advocating drier conditions...if the Chairman survivies the winter without pyramiding he would do a lot of good to the public health of desert...

No, not all of us eat tortoises! Hello, I've kept a sulcata hatching for about a month. Here is what he looks like: I suppose he could have an internet alias. For our purposes, let's call him "Chairman Mao". Bio: Captive bred. Purchased 2011/8/26 when he was 6cm 48g. Has his...

Hello, I've kept a sulcata hatching for about a month. Here is what he looks like: I suppose he could have an internet alias. For our purposes, let's call him "Chairman Mao". Bio: Captive bred. Purchased 2011/8/26 when he was 6cm 48g. Has his papers. It's been a month and he's still...

Tom, Thanks for the updates and the informative experiment. Do you think it's possible that the hatchlings became uncomfortable simply due to lack of oxygen that day? I don't know how this setup gets fresh air inside, but would think that a slight blockage of the air intake might make the...