Recent content by Mattymac

We finally finished the enclosure today, here are some photos Just need to put a flap on the door and buy a temp controller. Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated, thanks.

I have been soaking her every day or at least every other day and also keeping her inclosure at 60-90% humidity and she seems to be doing better. I am also letting her roam outside in an inclosure in our side yard so she is getting lots of sun and eating lots of grass and weeds, this seems to...

After some thoughtful discussion with my wife and also the dog trainer, we are more confident now that we can make this work. Sorry I jumped the gun but we have changed our mind and will be keeping her.

Our dog is a recent rescue also and is very unruly, we are in the process of going through training with her but as of right now she is very obsessive. I guess I am being overly cautious by not wanting to chance it and have her get hurt but some of the responses I got from my thread asking about...

Thank you Maggie, I just really want he/she to have a good life. She is ok now and we will continue to keep them separate. I guess I should have thought it through more thoroughly but I never considered having to separate them all the time. When I was younger a good family friend had them and...

After some thought and watching the interaction of my large dog when around the tortoise I have decided to try and find her a new home. I have started a thread in the adoption forum. I would love to keep her but I am concerned for her safety later on in life when she needs to live outside...

Well after rescuing this Sulcata from craigslist we have come to the determination that he/she will not work with our current animals. Our dog we recently adopted seems to have an obsession with it and I am afraid she will hurt the tortoise. I can keep them separate for now but later on it will...

Definitely will. Bit was I wrong about not eating from the yard. He just needed a minute to adjust and be left alone to forage, he's eating weeds and grass very well. Very cute to watch him try to pin down the wavy leaves.

Thank you for the advice and kind words. I took the time while she was out today to clean the cage. I redid the substrate and made it deeper. I also took out the Tupperware and am using the smaller rock bowl for water, if I use the saucer I have, it takes up half the tank. I added a hide, I took...

Thanks! My daughter is hoping it's a female so it's name can be "Shelly" if it's a boy I will win with "Elwood"

I set up this temp pen really quick, it has shade, good weeds, and her water.

Today was he/she's first time outside and after a bit of waiting and jumping came out of it's shell! First thing, eat some grass! Yeah! So I was told a sex might be possible with a picture of the underside of the shell: Any thoughts? Here is at first: Then: I also found today that he/she...

Thank you for the info, I have all of those things in my fridge and yard so that helps a lot. He doesn't seem to have any interest in things from the yard so I will mix some spring mix into it to help him along. Definitely will watch him outside, our yard is fenced and our dogs don't seem to...

Ok, humidity is measuring 80% mid tank, the basking side is 95 degrees and the cool side is 81 or so. I really have to get a larger home quick. I think now that he's warm, he's moving around a lot and digging. Poor guy, the old owner said he didn't do much, now I know why. :(

Thank you.