Recent content by Perseus

I am Kirsten. I guess you could say I am a chemist....I create custom eco-beauty products (perfume, skincare, etc.). I am also a silversmith. I want to be a nurse and thinking about going back to school. What about you?

Just outside of Myrtle Beach.

Thank you everyone! I love the idea of the 12v heating blanket or the hand warmers. I'll see what I can get my hands on. Maggie and onarock, I'm going to follow your advice about the box, doing the warm and dark thing. She loves din-din, so I may have p.o.'d tort on my hands of we go a day...

So, my wonderful forum peeps....I need some input. I am moving from Wisconsin to South Carolina. We are driving cross country and I am nervous about my tort staying healthy during the trip during this chilly time of year. We have a very large suv, so I will have no issues putting her whole...

My golden greek loooooves cactus pads. Her new addiction is pumpkin. I only let her have it once a week, though.

I, too, use cypress mulch now. If you purchase it, make sure it is untreated when purchasing from non-pet store sources. If you look through the "Enclosure" forums on here, you can see all the neat set-ups people have created. I provide a slate rock (for basking under the lamp in the...

I found some great organic pumpkins that I used for homemade pies. I had a fair amount of the cooked leftover...so I gave my greek a treat! She LOVED it! I had to give her a good soak afterwards....she was covered in pumpkin mush (especially the spurs on her front legs! That's one way to get...

Here's the link to a food list for Greeks (and others) that was posted in another part of the forum. http://tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Food-for-desert-dwelling-type-of-Torts-DT-Marginated-Greeks-Russians-Sullys-etc The key is variety, variety and more variety. Some items are better than...

Oh boy. You need a new vet..ASAP.

BEAUTIFUL garden and setup. Your "kids" are spoiled! I sympathize with the snow dilemma. I'm moving to the South in a month and will enjoy my first winter without a snow shovel! :D -Kirsten

Well, the forum tortoise id god is Danny (egyptiandan). Send him a message. Could you take a picture of it's plastron (belly)? That would help. Depending on what species it is...you can then pick out an appropriate substrate. The pellets in your picture are not the best idea. I know...

Here she is... running from picture...she's a bit shy Night pic... http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab16/Kirsten_Lattanzio_Dobbs/2009_0820tortoise0015.jpg

Thank you Danny! I'll keep that in mind. I keep her habitat in the upstairs of our house (since heat rises). I've checked the temp a few nights in the cool end where she sleeps and it never goes below 70F. Since Persi's identity crisis has been solved I will wait until next year to get her a...

This is what had me totally confused about keeping water in the habitat. This is what I read off of a care sheet about Golden Greeks: "Water: In captivity, these species get the vast majority of their water needs met by feeding on the water-heavy greens commonly used for their diet. Thus we...

Thank you Danny! Hijacking is just fine by me. The more info...the better. The plastron pic was a bit dark...sorry. Hilarious! My vet must not be a good tortoise gender id'er...and he's a reptile vet too! I checked an SFU paper on the biogeography of desert torts and I can definitely see...