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Yeah, these were some of the support for why I was fairly confident it would be safe to use around them. Just surprised it isn’t a common suggested treatment for fire ants on TFO since it’s labeled for that use and wondered if anyone had tried it. The ants are no joke here.

Has any used or considered using permethrin to keep fire ants out of an outdoor enclosure? I’ve been battling fire ants on my property in Florida and we are always concerned they will get into our Aldabra enclosure. We’ve had several close calls in the 2 months since we moved onto our 10 acre...

Definitely wouldn’t ever consider removing the any of the Gopherus. We are happy they are there and hope there are more. Just want to make sure our tortoises are protected. Our cleared 10 acres backs up to an uncleared 10 acres, so there’s plenty of room for them.

Ok great, thanks for the info. I’ve heard several references to the respiratory disease issue with gopher tortoises and the affect relocations have had on its spread. I’ll definitely read up more on it now!

We are in the process of buying a larger property and will be moving about 30 minutes away from our current location. Today we stopped by to check some things and came across two female gopher tortoises sitting face to face in the middle of one of the pastures. It will be several years before...

Mazuri LS mashed with soaked orchard grass

Thanks for the warm welcome all, more pics to come! I’ve read through tons of posts, especially in the Aldabra section. Still working on plant ID to tortoise proof the yard and already planing night box 2.0

Hi, I’m coming out of my shell for my first post! I’m located in Florida’s central east cost and our new three Aldabras live in an outdoor enclosure with heated night box. They love eating, napping and water sprays. Still working on names!!