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  1. Skelly

    DIY enclosure

    So I’m looking to upgrade little foots enclosure as he is currently in a 2ft vivarium I have been looking around and seen that this glass cabinet from ikea is used a lot for diy enclosures, I know glass isn’t as good as wood but I was thinking of the walls with a coco background and then placing...
  2. Skelly

    Help!!! Found mould?!?

    As I was cleaning out little foots viv today I decided to move around the slates I have in it I have one at the cool end and one under his heat lamp but noticed there is mould growing underneath I use coco coir as substrate, this can’t be good for him? Any advice ?? I do mist his viv regularly...
  3. Skelly

    Sleeping patterns

    Little foot is normally asleep before his lights go off but tonight he decided to come out for a wander 5 minutes before his lights went off, when they went off he was still out and awake so I put his lights back on and then he went over to his heat spot sat for 5 minutes then went to bed so I...
  4. Skelly

    Handling a boisterous tort

    Hi everyone, so I have little foot my Eastern Hermanns baby nearly 3 weeks now, he’s starting to get used to me and is accepting food from my hand and he even lets me scratch his head sometimes, but the past couple of days when I have my hand in his viv while cleaning or feeding he keeps...
  5. Skelly

    Strange white goo

    Could anyone tell me if this is something to be concerned about? Noticed while he was having a soak
  6. Skelly

    Greek or Hermanns ??

    Hi everyone so I was told my little guy was a Hermanns but my previous post was moved to the Greek tortoise discussion, is he actually a Greek ?
  7. Skelly

    Meet Little Foot :)

    I’v had little foot for 2 days now, arrived Wednesday at 9 p.m he was shipped to me and was in a box for 32 hours so when he arrived I gave him a soak for an hour to let rehydrate and adjust temperatures as he was quite cold when he arrived but he was very perky moving around and he even had a...
  8. Skelly

    Measuring basking temperatures

    Hi, I have an exo Terra thermometer at one end and then another under the basking spot that has a probe, how long does the light need to be on for so the temperature stops rising to get an accurate reading ? Any help is appreciated
  9. Skelly

    Plastic under substrate ?

    So iv a wooden vivarium for my tort and I was wondering should I put something down before I put the substrate in so it doesn’t damage the wood or are vivarium designed to be okay ? I was thinking maybe to put down a plastic bag? But I’m afraid that might be harmful if he somehow got to it, any...
  10. Skelly

    Dimming thermostats

    Can anyone recommend a dimming thermostat that I can connect two lamps to
  11. Skelly

    New tortoise owner

    Hi everyone, I’m going to be bringing home my first tortoise very soon, it’s a Herman and Iv been spending a lot of time trying to make sure I know everything I need to know and to make sure iv the perfect set up iv bought a 2ft wooden vivarium that will be upgraded once my tort gets bigger and...
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