Recent content by Liquidpoop

Hey i got a piece of wood from either an elm or sycamore tree(im told) and hollowed it out for my russian to live in. hes been in there for like 2 days and i took him out for feeding today and there was a patch on his shell that was all shiny and sticky it didnt smell tho. do you think it could...

sorry yeah i should have said to dry the soil out i put a layer of dry sand on my plant pots and it stops them laying more eggs. but i wouldnt like the sand to get in your torts eyes so id just let it dry for a few days and bath your tort regularly so he doesnt dry up aswell

arrrrr ive never been much for lizards but that baby gecko is the cutest thing i cant blame you for being hooked :) -Dean

I was going to get a table and to be honest it would have been alot cheaper to buy, but our house is very difficult to heat, I have attempted to leave his viv open to see what the temps are like and they drop to almost 20c(dont do farenheit(sp?)) under the basking lamp and ceramic heater, so...

what substrate do you use if your using soil then you might get a few, i used to grow.... plants when i was younger and i used to get fungus nats which had eggs already in the soil but because of the damp/humidity and they were able to breed and live quite well in my cupboard, what colour are...

bryan looks like a mini badger he is cute,hes got the best personality too he likes the attention more than the others. we got alfie first but he got a bit lonely, so we went to the store and got bryan but then eddie would have been on his own in the store so we ended up with three. was good tho...

im not planning on breeding or incubating or anything like but thanks its all really interesting

so they develop differently according to the temperatures. no way thats pretty cool, you can selectively breed just by turning up the heat. thanks again Lp

temperature sexed? is that like the egg temp or the incubation temp or what. sorry to keep asking questions just seems like every time you post something i find out something else i didnt know. *duh* on a roll today Lp

Hey, i spend all my time talkin about my new tortoise and i felt guilty on the rest of the guys so here are some pics i thought id share of my bestest pets. (from left) Alfie, Bryan and Eddie Just another one of Bryan and one of the others its impossible to tell them apart unless they...

thanks mate, and thanks for the info. makes me wonder where you lot get it all from i was lost with bertie untill i found this site and id bought books and all sorts and all were quite useless and not specific enough. i like trevor for a name i wanted to call bertie, trevor or henry but the...

hey...dont mind me asking but whats 'chelonia'. i cant remember what the vet said they were called but she had to look under a microscope to see them, but she only found eggs so chances are there is something bigger in there thats laying them he has lost quite alot of weight over 2 weeks, i...

right... i took him the vets, she said what i was looking at was a bit of grit which was good news but, she also found 2 types of parasite eggs she has given us some panacur which we have to give him 1 drop every fortnight and hopefully he will be better, weve got to take some more poop down in...

i dont mind the costs i just didnt want to waste my time, thank you very much ill ring the vets immediatley thanks

hey, i took you advice and got rid of the pellets. im using 50/50 topsoil and playsand mix with a coconut substrate top layer. he seems happier already. the trays i used in there werent quite big enough so i used the pellets to fill the gap so he doesnt fall down the sides so there good for...