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    New to the forum and tortoises

    Not the best picture, I will get a better one tomorrow
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    New to the forum and tortoises

    Tortoise arrived this morning. I was worried after Paul's warning, but tortoise was clean, shell seems solid, and he is checking out his new enclosure. I have a couple plants, but it is hard to find them this time of year, will need to add some come Spring.
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    New to the forum and tortoises

    Ok, I got the Vapor lights and took the coil lights out. The enclosure is 8 feet by 30 inches. The top is 6 and a half feet with a 16 inch cave. The lower section is 6 feet. I tried to order from Snakes at Sunset, but they sold out the day before I was ready to order. I have one Hermann's coming...
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    New to the forum and tortoises

    Thanks for the replies. Some of the research I did said two females will do fine together, that's why I planned on 2. I will only get 1. I do have the coil bulbs, I will get two mercury vapor bulbs instead, looks like I will have to get new fixtures as well.
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    New to the forum and tortoises

    Hi, everybody, my name is Myke (I imagine you can see that over to the left). I've joined this forum to help me help my daughter. She loves turtles and tortoises, has pictures of them, painted them on her bedroom walls, has stuffed animals, and she finally asked me if she could have a live one...
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