Recent content by MaddOphelia

Thanks so much for the detailed description and the photos! I'm going to put a kit like this together for Coralie.

Thank you for starting this thread! We're down here in the East Bay, about an hour south of Sac, and even here, the air is bad enough that we're stuck in the house with the air filters running 24/7. It's definitely got me thinking in more detail about how to evacuate Coralie if need be.

I didn't know Hermanns would do that! I'll offer my Greek a dish large enough to soak in and see if she uses it.

I didn't know wild tortoises got bladder stones, that's very interesting. It would tend to lend credence to the practice of providing captive tortoises with water. I can't think of a good reason not to, so I'll pick her up a water dish. Do you know of a good book on general physiology and...

Your argument for nighttime temps of 65-70 makes sense to me, so I set her thermostat accordingly. I don't know what she was like before I got her, but she did wake up perky and hungry today! So, so far so good on the nighttime temps. Yes, the UVB tube is linear. It's this one...

Aha! Thank you. I feel kinda silly for not having noticed that button before, I was only looking at the button bar at the top of the reply window...

Thanks for the links and questions! I'll answer your questions as best I can here: 1. What are the dimensions of the current enclosure you are housing your adult tortoise in? She's in a 3' x 2' x 2' enclosure, but she only sleeps in it. I'm building her a 4' x 8' tortoise table for daytime. In...

Thank you!! I'll definitely post some pics, as soon as I figure out how. I'm usually pretty tech savvy, but I'm having a little trouble with this one... Great to meet another Testudo graeca person! :)

Hi all, I just brought home a beautiful ten-year-old golden Greek tortoise, who is presently asleep in her new enclosure. I spent several weeks setting up for her, and she came with a fairly extensive care sheet from the pet store, but I forgot to ask one question--how warm should I keep her at...

Hi all! I'm beyond excited to have adopted a 10-year-old golden Greek tortoise today! I've wanted a tort for years, especially after spending the summer caring for a friend's redfoot while he was renovating his home. So I'm somewhat familiar with Amazonian torts' needs, but will probably be...