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  1. Mgridgaway

    GEORGE. How's he doing?

    A lot of the coil UVB problems were fixed 3 or 4 years ago. I can't speak for Zilla, but I've used Zoomed bulbs for my torts and my iguana and had no problems with either. Granted, I still prefer MVBs for their combined heat/uvb and Zoomed's excellent warranty (a full year, and the return...
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    Redfoot and sulcata live together

    As I said in my original post way back, I don't think Sulcatas and Redfoots should be housed together. They might be able to when they're relatively the same size, but that won't last very long. As I mentioned before, I think a better combo is Redfoot + Leopard. They're usually both pretty...
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    Redfoot and sulcata live together

    Tort_luv_5055, to answer a few of your questions: First, don't take it personally. You made claims that I think are unfounded and often recited with no evidence to support them. I explained to you why I think your information is wrong. That's the basic premise of a debate. In posts like these...
  4. Mgridgaway

    Help? (Pet store tortoise in Brighton, MI)

    What exactly is wrong with the enclosure? What leads you to believe the tortoise will die soon? It's sort of hard to go on 2 overhead photos and a vague description.
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    Redfoot and sulcata live together

    Actually, I thought I made my intentions pretty clear with my previous post. Until someone provides conclusive evidence that there is a reasonable predictability that all tortoises of different species living together will die from communicable disease, we should focus more on teaching potential...
  6. Mgridgaway

    What is this sound? (Short video)

    Could you post a link to this website? I've never heard of a Leopard calling out to other Leopards before.
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    Urgent!! Is this something I should be concerned about?

    It's kinda blurry but all I see is beak.
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    Redfoot and sulcata live together

    To address a few of tort_luv_5055's points: First of all your huge sulcata will hurt you redfoot. Most likely, yes. Second they will transmit diseases. They both have different immune system created to handle different diseases. If your Redfoot brings in some type of tropical disease, while...
  9. Mgridgaway

    What is this sound? (Short video)

    I've heard all my torts and turtles make that sound at one point or another. In my head, I've always thought of it as the tort equivalent of grinding your teeth. Or, maybe it has something to do with natural mucus and saliva that's getting pushed between their beak. At any rate, it's perfectly...
  10. Mgridgaway

    Humidity Solution

    I use an ultrasonic humidifier with some success. I've rigged a medical breathing hose to the humidifier spout and then pipe the mist directly into the cage.
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    Redfoot and sulcata live together

    My main concern is strictly based on size. As others have said, Sulcatas are likely to eventually hurt Redfoots just because of their sheer size difference. Their temperament may be an issue as well (though I don't feel as comfortable with this statement as I have no experience with Sulcatas...
  12. Mgridgaway

    Survivorman!

    Pyramided Redfoots in the wild? I'm currently watching Survivorman, and in this episode (Season 5, episode 2, "Frigate Island"), dude is on an island in the Grenadines. Halfway into the episode, Survivorman encounters a little herd of wild Redfoots, and I was surprised to see that they were...
  13. Mgridgaway

    Tyrone ate the spider plant

    Good luck keeping any sort of real plants in an enclosure. No matter how much you feed them, redfoots are always in the mood to graze :)
  14. Mgridgaway

    Mixing Species

    The main worry I would have comes down to size. That Sulcata and the CDT are much bigger (or going to be) than a russian, and that seems like more of a hazard to me than inter-mingling.
  15. Mgridgaway

    Tortoise for massages?

    Not gonna lie, when I read the title I imagined somebody using a tortoise to give me a massage :p Not a bad barter! Hope you find a taker!
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    Too bad this was closed (the evolution debate)

    I've put plenty of thought into creationism and read plenty of material over the years. I am also not, as you claim, an evolutionist. I'm not a scientist, either. But I believe in facts, and rational, data-driven evidence. Leave everything else in the realm of fiction (which I also love, mind...
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    Too bad this was closed (the evolution debate)

    Actually, evolution is a recognized science. It's backed by 150+ years of serious, repeatable research and data. And even if evolution is just the current best explanation of data (again, 150+ years of data that has yet to be reasonably disproven), it is still a much better explanation than...
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    Too bad this was closed (the evolution debate)

    ascott, just for the record, the rule against religious discussions (obviously, science is not a religion, but its perceived proximity to it makes it entangled) is very common across most boards. It exists because, like Jacqui said, they are extremely divisive and do very little as often the...
  19. Mgridgaway

    Heat Cords

    I never said it raised ambient temps. My ropes raise ground temps, which are just as important (if not more, as tortoise shells have direct contact with the ground) as ambient temps. Specifically, they raise ground temps to around 85-90 Farenheit, or 15-20 degrees higher than the room temp...
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    Heat Cords

    Completely untrue. Buried heat cables work perfectly well. My torts love them and rely on them to stay warming during cold Maryland winters. OP, the only brand I recommend is the brand I use: Big Apple Herp Flexiible Heat ropes. Waterproof and durable. Use them with a thermostat and they work...
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