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Tom

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Let me know if it’s safe to use!
I’ll order the 12 back if needed as well from Home Depot!
Can’t see enough of the box. Is that a 65 watt incandescent flood bulb? If yes, you should be all set.
 

Crystallynda

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What a
Closet thing I can get to!! Cause I don’t know if waiting a couple weeks would be better!! ??

can they eat organic Kale, spinach and chard? That’s all I could find in grocery store on top of strawberries!
What about organic leafy greens?
 

Crystallynda

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Hey I’m considering getting him his weeds and plants and flowers for him “slowly but surely “

my question is??What should I purchase to keep his plants in good health for him to eat!! ??
 

Tom

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Closet thing I can get to!! Cause I don’t know if waiting a couple weeks would be better!! ??

can they eat organic Kale, spinach and chard? That’s all I could find in grocery store on top of strawberries!
Read the care sheet. What to feed them is explained in detail there. Kale spinach and chard aren't great items, but not toxic. If you must use grocery store greens use endive and escarole as your primaries. Mix in Arugula, cilantro, dandelion greens, and more for variety. You need to add amendments to the greens.

None of this is urgent. Its more of a long term diet thing.
 

Markw84

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@Tom

What do you think? It has a filament, but I've never seen an incandescent guaranteed for 10 years!
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This is a correct incandescent bulb of the type we recommend and should be good for the tortoise.

Many guarantees are sales generators. They know from research that most folks do not bother with guarantees after a year or so on a small $ item. The added sales from a long gurantee outweigh the few people that will actually use the guarantee if a bulb fails in 4 years or so.
 

Crystallynda

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Read the care sheet. What to feed them is explained in detail there. Kale spinach and chard aren't great items, but not toxic. If you must use grocery store greens use endive and escarole as your primaries. Mix in Arugula, cilantro, dandelion greens, and more for variety. You need to add amendments to the greens.

None of this is urgent. Its more of a long term diet thing.

Unfortunately none of these I could find in the store I went! Ima need to visit others I guess for the time being! What grocery store can I access this?
Also I did find cilantro..that’s it ?
 

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Idk what you have out there, but to find things other than the weeds I can grow I go to a place called sprouts farmers market. Thats where I get those staples he mentioned. Look at more organic stores or the Asian markets here have a lot of it too
 

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