Recent content by Turtledude

YEY! When I started him on the miners lettuce he ate just a little bit. It didnt get stuck to the room of his mouth at least but I was still worried because he didnt eat hardly anything the whole day. This morning I gave him a nice long warm soak and afterwards he ate ALLOT ravenously :)

Thanks guys. Today he's been sluggish. He's normally a ball of energy but he does have off days every now and then. He didnt eat much. He normally eats allot. I had tried the opposite and dried the hibiscus thinking it was the stickiness the fresh stuff can be. I hadn't read your post yet. He...

First off great job with everything and for trying to perfect the habitat! My sulcata is the exact same way as far as flipping itself over. I eventually had to remove anything it could flip over on to lower the chances. You can try placing small smooth stones around the areas most likely to...

The past 5 days or so i would notice food always hanging out of Tortles mouth.(i renamed him to Tortle) It appeared real cute at first. The past few days he has been inactive so i started to get worried. I gave him a long warm soak and he finally opened his eyes and started getting some energy...

i couldnt edit my last post since 30 mins has elapsed but this one?

This might be taboo on this forum but I am a turtle guy myself, and looking at him/her i would strongly recomend posting these pics on turtletimes.com. My insticts are telling me this is some kind of turtle and not tortoise. his plasteron does look ornate box turtlish but the top and side photos...

ok thats like a wierd omen to me. Zell Rex it is. My first turtle ever was a 3 striped mud turtle named Rex. second was a RES named Tex. Too cool! I actually have a picture too. granted, this in my sisters room so excuse the pink carpeting :P but the skateboard and koopa troopa are mine haha! I...

Thank you so very much! You guys/gals are the warmest bunch i have come across on any internet forum i have been on. Its very refreshing to be here! I have never felt such a welcome. I've had a hard time deciding on a name. But its been too long with no name so i went Googling. I finally have...

As promised here are some pics :) This is the pen they were in I picked mine out of at the reptile show. My brother snapped this one of me holding my new little buddy right after i bought him at the table my bed is right next to the aquarium and i sleep with my head lined up with...

Me and Fwish both got our hatchling sulcatas the same day at the same reptile show. Here is a pic of Fwish's 'Deasil' day 1.

Well presently i am actually turtle-less. I most recently had a breeding colony of 6 adult Siebenrockiella Crassicollis which is an asian species in dire straits due to the Chineese foodmarkets(i'm not sure if tortoise guys/gals know about how horrible of a problem that is but, if not its worth...

A few things i was thinking: Someone mentioned the tortoise should thermo-regulate himself if its too hot. I know they do regualte their temps but I am reminded of those heat rocks danger in that some reptiles will cook themselves on it and die on top the thing overheated. an animal in the wild...

Hey guys/gals. Name is Ryan. First time tortoise owner here. I've been a turtle guy all my life and thought tortoises just weren't as cool as turtles until i was at a reptile show in tampa here a few weeks ago and started talking about sulcattas to one of the guys there. I felt bad for skimming...