Recent content by lumitory

Thank you so much! I feel so silly but I never noticed it before. Very relieving.

Noticed the tip of my Herman’s tail is white. It seems hard, part of his scales and is curved down. I’ve done my own reading and have found mixed info. Will be taking him to vet just wanna hear any experience with this. He’s otherwise normal with eating and everything. Thanks in advance.

I should also add, Ive only had him for a couple hours now- but other than my concerns, he’s not lethargic and he’s eating.

Hello all! I got my first tortoise today, he’s super young. I was holding and examining him and I noticed his shell is pretty soft and has some weird markings on his belly. I hope it’s nothing serious but I did some googling, and all I can find is either nothing to worry about or super bad...

Yes that’s what I was thinking :) it’s gonna be such a tiny babe that’s why I’m a little concerned. But I tried to make the ramps as flat as possible with still an incline.

Finished up my tort tank for my first hermanns! Had to build a basking platform as the tank is so tall, it reads at 100f max and the rest of the hot side ranges from 70-90f. The colder side which is the majority of the viv is room temp, so I’m contemplating grabbing another heat bulb for that...

update:: they sprouted super quick! Grabbed some seeds and tried my luck just throwing them in some cheap soil and watering every morning. I was surprised how fast they even grew! Getting some spider plant seeds and Russian tortoise mix next and also have some wheat grass growing.

I was planning on growing them in bins and just switching them out when they’re being over eaten and such. And a few of the seeds I got are edible but not very appetizing for tortoises so they can be more of a decoration. As for the grass thing, it was more of for grazing and stuff. For more...

So I bought some seed and have it germinating in my closet in dish tubs haha! Once they’re sprouting they’ll be outside or under UVB. Fingers crossed I can figure out this whole plant thing and they don’t all die. I did that with my bearded dragons, all my garden and lawn is unsprayed which is...

Ah okay! I assumed dandelion would be easy as it grows everywhere here! But if it won’t grow good indoors I can always trim some from my yard as it’s unsprayed. Also, I haven’t really found a concrete answer- is it ok for them to graze from lawn grass? Some people have mixed answers.

Ah sorry, I thought it went under a hermanns tortoise thread. But I’m getting a hermanns. I know for sure I’ll be trying out wheat grass and dandelions in the enclosure! But this may be a stupid questions but is the UVB bulb fine for growing plants? I know next to nothing about planting haha

Hey everyone! I’m a soon to be new tortoise mom, my little guy comes August 10th. Although not new to reptiles, I am new to tortoises specifically. I’ve been stockpiling research upon research and have read countless care sheets. But my biggest issue is feeding. I live in Canada and my climate...