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    Banana plants inside tortoise yard or outside?

    I'm not sure of I'm not sure of what type of banana plants you have by the pics, but if they are musa basjoo plants after a couple years they should be safe from being eaten or destroyed by your tortoise. But as they multiply the young
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    I just saved another $600 on my headlights

    You've given good advice on products in the past so I have confidence in what you are saying. I checked this one out and can get some for less than $20 from Amazon. Which I will do. The K100 is great also. I haven't needed to use on my motors personally but it worked for other old people in our...
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    Just thought I'd share this.

    That's why I keep a snow shovel right outside the backdoor all year.
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    What goes into having a Sulcata?

    I would suggest waiting for now. Main reason is because of your age. You are going to have many life changes that you may not have control of in the years to come. If you really want a tortoise now I would suggest a Hermanns for where you live. I keep Hermanns and they do fine in my environment...
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    200 watt Heat Panel

    No, the only heaters on are the mats and electric oil filled radiators. The radiant panels I use max out at 200 watts. I use lamp dimmers to reduce the wattage down to coincide with the other heaters when necessary. This past winter the panels were never necessary to be used.
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    200 watt Heat Panel

    You may be over estimating the wattage needed to heat a well insulated house. It's not cold here this morning, 62F right now with strong winds. I just checked the wattage that the 4 houses are using and the total is 494 watts. I also figured out what the total wattage would be if every heat...
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    Kasey got a haircut

    Kasey is 16 years old and no longer keeps herself groomed.I have a couple pups that were due for some shots so I had the mobile vet come out and take care of Cowbird and Sarah shots. Kasey had to be sedated for her shaving and everything went fine.She now looks like a possum, My vet has a good...
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    200 watt Heat Panel

    I agree with @Tom on the 700 watt electric oil heaters. I keep sulcatas where we have real cold winters on the east coast. Here's a couple things I figured out, The oil heaters work best sitting caddy corner in a corner than sitting flat against a wall. Better air circulation throughout the...
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    Grave Mistake: Dog punctured my Tortoise's shell - pls learn from my mistake

    I appreciate your opinion, but I think that you are wrong in many aspects. Yes I'm not a professional dog training. I guess that makes me an average backyard dog owner, with years of experience with dogs. I got my first dog in 1957 his name was Duke and he died in 1974 and he never chewed a...
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    Grave Mistake: Dog punctured my Tortoise's shell - pls learn from my mistake

    I don't agree with no dogs with turtles and tortoises. But it takes time for you to get the pups to understand that the tortoises or turtles are members of the pack. This is something I've been doing for many years. Right now I have 5 dogs that won't harm the tortoise's and turtles in their...
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    The "thing" that gets to me.

    One thing that bothers me is snake ignorance. You aren't born with the fear of snakes, people are taught to fear and kill any they come across no matter how harmless it is. Around here every snake is suspect to be a copperhead by people that just don't know about or like snakes. This happened in...
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    Garden chat & photos for torts and people ♫ ♫

    Does your tree produce seeds from the other blooms?
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    Garden chat & photos for torts and people ♫ ♫

    I Wonder if the trunk blooms will produce seed pods.
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    sulcata & hay

    I lived in Palmetto for a while back in the 70s and prier to that I spent a lot of time in Bradenton so I have an idea what your weather is like. To help the growth and weight gain of your tortoise is to build him a small heated house with some bottom heat to help keep his core temperature up...
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