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  1. FrankiesMom

    Night Box Conundrums

    Thank you everyone for all of your assistance with building a night box for my leopard tortoise, Frankie. It has been completed but I have a few questions as he appears to be a creature of habit: 1) Right now he goes to a corner of the outdoor enclosure and tucks himself into his shell and...
  2. FrankiesMom

    Night Box - Electrical & Heating for Dummies!

    Thank you for the info! Very helpful group as usual. I feel very fortunate to have stumbled onto this forum before I even got Frankie 3+ years ago.
  3. FrankiesMom

    Night Box - Electrical & Heating for Dummies!

    Thank you for all of the info! I appreciate your quick responses...you have always been there when I needed you.
  4. FrankiesMom

    Night Box - Electrical & Heating for Dummies!

    Hi Y'all! We built a night box for an outdoor enclosure for our 2-1/2-year-old leopard tortoise, Frankie. He is 18" and 18.5 pounds. Up until now, he has been living in an indoor enclosure built by Mark K Wilson LLC and has grown and thrived in there for almost 3 years! Anyone looking for...
  5. FrankiesMom

    Worm or Parasite?

    Thank you. I hope that's what it was. It was at least 10x the size of that grasshopper!
  6. FrankiesMom

    Worm or Parasite?

    Hello everyone! I made Frankie (3 year old leopard tortoise) an outdoor enclosure at our new home. I had him soaking in a small tub outside in the enclosure 2 days ago. He did not go to the bathroom during this time. I pulled him out and put him inside for and left the water in the tub. I was...
  7. FrankiesMom

    Is my leopard tortoise an omnivore?

    Hello! I just received a batch of rollie pollie bugs that I had ordered to help keep Frankie's enclosure clean and they couldn't bury themselves quick enough...he was walking thru his enclosure trying to eat them!! I've never seen anything about feeding him anything other than weeds, greens &...
  8. FrankiesMom

    Small Bugs

    How many rollie pollies are in your enclosure? I ordered online and there were 30-ish. Im thinking that's not enough as I still see lots of bugs. Thanks!
  9. FrankiesMom

    Best substrate to avoid fungus gnats??

    I just received approx 30 roly polys that I ordered due to the little crawling & gnat bugs in Frankie's enclosure. Im not sure if 30 is enough because his enclosure is pretty big. I get so grossed out when I open his enclosure in the morning and all these little bugs are crawling on his food...
  10. FrankiesMom

    Amazing tortoise enclosure!

    That's really funny...and embarrassing about my bday! Ha!!
  11. FrankiesMom

    Amazing tortoise enclosure!

    Lol! Very funny. My husband learned early on that Frankie comes first! Haha! No, but really, he's been super supportive. I wish I had done more research and listened early on about the closed chamber...I wasted so much time & money on tortoise tables. I killed so many plants that couldn't handle...
  12. FrankiesMom

    Amazing tortoise enclosure!

    Haha! That came in the middle of a pothos plant for use as a trellis I suppose...i liked that it looked somewhat tropical so I left it in there. The pothos plants and spider plants are growing like crazy...it's getting very jungle-like in there. It will be a pain to clean it all out when it...
  13. FrankiesMom

    Amazing tortoise enclosure!

    Hello fellow tortoise lovers! I got Frankie, my adorable leopard tortoise, approximately 14 months ago when he was 3 months old. Before purchasing him, I did research on the internet to find out all about leopards and make sure that I was doing everything right. I found Kamp Kenan and thought...
  14. FrankiesMom

    What to feed

    Oh, ok...I've tried the soapy water but didnt rinse it off. How long do you leave the soapy water on there? What does your thistle look like? My yard is treated; however, there is a park in my sub with all kinds of weeds and it's not treated. Am I safe just pulling the grass and weeds and...
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    What to feed

    @ZEROPILOT I'm in the Tampa area. I'm reaching out to you since you're in Florida as well. I'm not sure what weeds to feed my leopard tort (Frankie.) I have hibiscus plants in pots and they keep getting covered in aphids and mealy bugs and then they get pathetic looking & die. I just bought a...
  16. FrankiesMom

    Diatomaceous Earth Basics

    Thank you for the feedback. It doesn't sound like DE will provide much relief to my poor hibiscus. If anyone has any ideas, it would be greatly appreciated.
  17. FrankiesMom

    Diatomaceous Earth Basics

    I just stumbled across this thread while researching diatomaceous. I grow a lot of plants for my tort, but I live in Florida and everything gets covered with these tiny tiny black bugs and also these white fluffy looking bugs. My hibiscus are especially susceptible to these darn things. Am I...
  18. FrankiesMom

    Enclosure size

    @Markw84 thank you for sending this. I'm definitely interested. What is the time frame for making/receiving this? I need to review your sheet again & I want to make a decision this weekend.
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