Yep, two of 'em glued together. I'm so bad at building things that I actually panicked the full 24 hours that wood glue was setting. I was shocked and relieved when it held together perfectly.
I could probably manage doing that on one of the covers. He actually likes to sleep in the dark room on the right, though. He's always enjoyed dark places, maybe he's a bit moody!
I guess it seems obvious, but until now I had my tortoise in 6 sq feet because that's all I had room for. He spent most of the day sleeping.
Now, I'm no carpenter (in fact I can't even hammer a nail straight), so I bought a couple of those pre-made houses and doubled the space my Sheldon has to...
Mazuri changed the formula to smaller pellets. Sheldon won't eat them any more! It used to be his favorite food. I will mail this bag to anyone that wants it. Otherwise it's going in the trash.
I got my Russian tortoise back in 2011 and I measured his shell, and it was 4 inches long.
When I got him, he was very sick. He had worms, and the vet I took him to overdosed him with antiprotozoans and nearly killed all his gut microbes. So I had to feed him probiotics for months. After 2...
Well, I watched him for a couple days and he didn't try to eat it, but he's a strange tortoise because he only eats things I put on his plate. I thought he might be scared to find his room completely filled with this stuff, but this morning I found him there digging it up :)
I got this by mistake from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0019J2MA2/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
I got refunded and they told me to keep the moss as well! Which is cool, if I can use it. Will my tortoise be safe?