I am just wondering, Is it necessary to provide lettuce to torts? I have seen on here almost every diet list that isnt 100% graze includes lettuce. I just bought a big bag of collards, turnips, mustard, etc. mix. It has no lettuce at all. I also use the ZooMed brand grassland pellets. Now, the...
Its not uncommon for people to like the pyramid look, after all, for decades, that was the accepted 'tortoisey look' tortoises were just bumpy. But pyramidding is dangerous because it is a deformation of the bone, the shell is a bone covered in hard plates, it makes the shell brittle, soft...
How i hang my lights is i put two sturdy wooden sticks, like two by twos, then i clamp on the che and lay th UV strip across, works great. As for dogs, i actually have my tub on a rolling cart, so my dogs can neither see nor reach the top of the tub. I dont know how big yours are, but you could...
Yes i know, but its almost like they wont ever come out, no matter how much tickling, poking, or pinching we do now, the only way to get them to even move their legs out from in front of their faces is to hold them upside down for a long time.... and i mean a LONG TIME. I will try a medicine...
Yep, on craigslist, I have seen 45 and 55 gallon fish tanks for reptile use at 60 dollars or more, went to home depot and bought a 52 gallon roughneck tub for only 17 dollars
I took my tortoises to the vet the other day for their yearly, and it turns out Leo the greek has giardia in his feces. We are suppose to be giving him, as well as Filbert Metronidazol twice a day orally. Thing is the only way the vet showed us to administer was grabbing behind the head, prying...
Hi guys, I'm Kristy, I'm 23 from Kentucky. I have two tortoises, a russian named Filbert and a greek named Leonardo (Leo). I've had Filbert since October 2010 and my mom owned Leo since about that same time, but my mom fell on some hard times and gifted Leo to me. Anyhoo. That's me and my...