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Hi all!!! I am thrilled to report that Scarlet is doing much, much better!!!:) I followed the advice you guys gave me, and brought her out pretty much every day. Or sometimes just shuffle up her bedding just enough, and give the tank a little mist :cool: After just a couple of times she would...

Hey all.... I posted a little while back about a slight cricket infestation in my turtles tank (which I have cleared up thank God) but when I brought that up a few of you guys brought to my attention that I may need to separate my 2 turtles. You see, I adopted my turtles about a year ago, and...

Omg!!! About a month ago (I think a little more) I fed my 2 boxie's a bag full of 8 or so crickets, and one of them found some secret hiding spot and chirped away forEVER!!!! (For a week at least) finally, he stopped... Needless to say, I haven't bought any crickets since then. Well yesterday, I...

Patches started burrowing a hole a couple of weeks ago right beside a cinder lock in his enclosure. It started small, but grew and now it has gotten so deep that I am beginning to worry about the block caving in, him getting so deep that I won't be able to get him back without ripping apart the...

Is there any special thing I can do to get Patches to chew on a cuddlebone? He wants noting to do with it and never has, but I worry that he gets enough calcium in his diet. I give him a good diet though. I am planning on giving him a soak today, since I have to force soak him... he is a...

I saw this randomly on facebook, I just got such a kick out of it :D

My turtles are getting more active with the warmer weather and longer days, and I bought a new outside of the tank filter for them the other day. a Zoo-Med TC-30, it has the line that sucks the water out of the tank to the outside charcoal filter and the other line puts the water back in the...

Well everyone, if you read my last thread at all, my tort has been moving around a bit for the last week or so, but I didn't feel he was ready to wake yet, so I left him longer to stay. Since last year he woke up On April 9th, I figured he may sleep a bit longer than this, but we are also having...

So I was feeding my turtles some crickets today, and I went to move the food dish because the cricket tried to hide between it, and there were a couple of little black bugs under it! Yuck!!!! They looked like little Beatles of something. I changed the wood chips not long ago, and try do do...

We brought Patches out the other day (I say we but it was really my boyfriend) I really didn't want him to because I check on Patch regularly and have soaked him several times and I know that he doesn't want to be woken up.. But whatever... He put him back pretty fast because he could tell that...

Hi all, it's been a while since my last post. Been really busy with school, work etc!!!! ;) The last time I posted, I adopted two 3 toed box turtles late last year, we thought they were girls so I named them Shelly and Scarlet. They have been so much fun!!! Especially Shelly, she is a bit larger...

Hey all!! Good news......I finally adopted my turtles that I posted about a while ago!! It was a bit of a process, but I finally got them home today. Thanks to all of the great advice. They are already slowing down a lot for winter, one sleeps under the bark mostly but the other one is...

I don't know why, but it always says that I am away. I am on right now, and this is what it says... I have tried, but I have no idea how to fix it! I pasted below exactly what it says on my user CP. Thanks :) PumpkinPie is currently away. Reason: Not specified. Away Since: 10-29-2011...

Hello everyone :) I recently replied to this craigslist add for 2 box turtles that needed a good home. For a long time I have been wanting to get some turtles, or adopt another tort, but have been unsure which route to take so haven't done anything impulsive. I randomly found this lady who...

Hi all! I am trying to research for my getting my 47 gal tank ready for some red eared sliders, and then I can to get all of the equipment for it and get my turtles. Reading through all the past threads on lights and tank setups, the more confused I am feeling. As silly as it sounds, I honestly...

Hi!! does anyone know much about sliders? I have been wanting to get some for years and I think that I am finally going to treat myself soon while my boyfriend is gone for a week in Alaska on a fishing trip. (I will need to stay busy :D ) I already have the tank, I just need to get some more...

Hi All!! My Patches is a juvenile, and has been getting so big!! I think he has almost doubled in size in the last year! It is very exciting with such a small tort, watching him grow :tort::) Anyways, I was having an issue with my fence and so I had to keep Patches in the house for a couple...

Lots of hard work (and $) was put into this project, and I feel really proud of my results. I still have other plans that I want to add, but for now, I feel like I have done a good job. Comments and suggestions are much appreciated. ;)

I have another question.... the tortoise pen that I bought from petco (I posted a pic of it on a previous post a few weeks ago) Patches likes it and usually sleeps in the wooded area which has the wooden slats on the floor. I have always been careful to keep it away from the sprinklers so it...

Well I did it, I still have a lot of work to do and many ideas in my head, I am a full time student now, so I haven't had as much free time as I used to.... sigh!!! :( Please tell me what you guys think..... and if you have any suggestions. I know that the borders need work, but I have 3 more...