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  1. Aloysius Taschse

    Mustang grapes?

    Hello everyone, I have located some mustang grapes in my yard and I wanted to know if they are safe for tortoises. I've found no info on the tortoise table or the forum, except for another post in 2011 where an answer was never found. Thanks!
  2. Aloysius Taschse

    My plants

    Hello everyone, recently I have gotten into gardening and I thought it might be nice to share some pictures of my latest projects. Hopefully I'm not sucking people away from a person who actually needs tortoise help... This first picture is of my hydroponic garden, which currently has Basil and...
  3. Aloysius Taschse

    Pineapple Plant?

    Hello everyone, Down here in Texas we got LOTS of snow and many lost power and water. Fortunately I got lucky and had all of these privileges along with the beautiful snow. Anyways, during this period the stores were raided the same way that they were when Covid started and along with a few...
  4. Aloysius Taschse

    South African Leopard Tortoise Enclosure?

    Hello everyone, I'm looking into getting a single leopard tortoise from Tom. (I guess I just miss spending time with Kiwi ?). He's told me that they need at least a 20x20 feet, and my current design is only 14 x 8 feet with a small angled wall panel to avoid a shrub that we can't uproot. The...
  5. Aloysius Taschse

    Plants?

    So I already asked about plants in the enclosure in an older thread, but I have an emerging problem. I might get another tort soon. (I made sure to learn as much as I can about the species from Tom's care sheet and other trusty sources), and This tort will have to move out of the tiny 4x4...
  6. Aloysius Taschse

    When should I get another pet after one dies?

    Hello fellow Chelonian lovers, This is kind of a weird question - despite being extremely sad about Kiwi's demise, I still want another chelonian. When I lost my cat, I became very lonely and within the first month I got a fish. This may be totally ridiculous. After all, I've proven that a...
  7. Aloysius Taschse

    Help! Tortoise got too hot!

    Hello, Kiwi pulled out her mat from under her hide and must've gotten too hot with the bare heat emitter on tiles. I know I shouldn't have used a heat pad and a ceramic heat emitter and I really screwed up. She's stiff and her head is tucked in and eyes mostly closed. I really hope I didn't kill...
  8. Aloysius Taschse

    Rate my enclosure (concept)

    Hello fellow chelonian lovers, I recently posted a thread about my idea to include a waterfall in Kiwi's new bioactive enclosure. I have everything planned for that, but I figured before I purchase things and start landscaping I should post a thread about what people think about my enclosure...
  9. Aloysius Taschse

    Waterfall in sulcata enclosure?

    So I'm about to build Kiwi a new enclosure and so far I would like it to have plants (done research on that), nice digging substrate (done with that too), and all the essentials. When it came to raising humidity I figured I could mist the substrate and put a reptile mister, but I wanted to do...
  10. Aloysius Taschse

    Turtle or Tortoise?

    This forum is generally associated with tortoises, but we have our share of turtles. This is great! I love both, but when rescuing/taking care of a chelonian please make sure what type of chelonian it is. Kimberly definitely did not know (story down below), and it came at a cost! It is fine to...
  11. Aloysius Taschse

    Plants for enclosure?

    Hello everyone, My sulcata Kiwi is getting a new enclosure soon and I have had no trouble with finding the right things to put in it... until the plants! As much as she probably could live without them, I really want it to look natural and just nice. I was wondering if anyone had any...
  12. Aloysius Taschse

    Soaking? (Pellets)

    Hello everyone! My tortoise Kiwi has been growing and eating great, and seems to be very happy. I was just wondering if it is okay to soak her Mazuri, because she can't and won't even try to eat the dry pellets. I figured it was no harm in the beginning, but I just wanted to make sure. Also...
  13. Aloysius Taschse

    Bottom of sulcata shell soft?

    Hi everyone, My sulcata tortoise Kiwi has been doing great. She has a big personality and a large appetite, but today when I picked her up I could feel that the bottom of her shell was soft, almost like a plastic lid. I couldn't really find much information online and I've looked at other posts...
  14. Aloysius Taschse

    Which Enclosure?

    Hi everyone! I got my baby sulcata Kiwi 2 months ago and she has been doing great. The Although I am happy with her activity and diet, there is one thing that I'm not exactly proud about. When I first got Kiwi, the tortoise rescuer said you just need a plastic container, a heating pad, some...
  15. Aloysius Taschse

    Sulcata not eating right

    Hey everyone, I have a 4 month old sulcata named Kiwi. She has been doing great and eating perfectly normal but recently she has stopped eating dandelion greens and her collard greens. Then she stopped eating Kale. Now basically her entire diet is Romaine & Tortoise Pellets. I just wanted to...
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