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That I do not have. I use the 10.0 bulbs. I'll look into getting one. What should it read?

I need to verify some info I was given and have been applying to my tort care for the past 4 yrs. I was told uvb lamps should run 80% of the length of my enclosure. Is this bad, and what is best? Because if it doesn't need to be so long, I'd like to get a shorter fixture and not have to be...

Forgot to add, I got that advice from this site from a couple of the people who have replied to this original post. Nothing like trying to attack someone who has the best intentions

Hi everyone, I wrote that Facebook post. And the reason I gave the advice I did was because it was given to me about 4 yrs ago when I got my juvenile sulcata. Tyanna is just out to vilify me. I believe the part was left out where my comment was made to someone who had a a 4'x3' enclosure and the...

The eyelid has gone back to covering his eye except for a little sliver. I did notice that when his eyes were closed earlier this morning, the lids were pinkish instead of the color of his skin like they normally are and water is running out of both eyes.

This morning his eye is all back to normal. Talk about a heart attack! I would think that if it was scratched it would still be healing today and he doesn't have any coil bulbs. Before I put him back in his table last night, I moistened the substrate really well so no dust could fly into his...

I do. I work at a pet store so, if necessary, I can take him to the one they use because they take exotic pets. Based in what I've been reading, he must've scratched it on something. Has anyone ever had this happen and what ended up happening? If imagine this happens to tortoises in the wild too...

Franklin was walking around the basement, one minute his eye looked fine and the next time I looked at him he looked like this... Sometime when he's sticking his penis out, he rises up and his eyes roll back in his head. It looks like one got stuck.

That's just what I needed to know, thank you! Happy holidays:)

Hi forum, long time, no chat. Summer was a breeze, at least for finding a large variety of plants for Franklin to eat because he mostly grazed outside or I could pick stuff somewhere. Now it's cold in VA. He's been eating a mixture of dandelion leaves, cactus leaf, and Mazuri. The Mazuri package...

So true! I'm a first time tort owner, and 3 yrs ago when I got Franklin, Tom took the time to answer my questions and make suggestions. My tort and I will be forever grateful! [hr] Keep the top off the tote, clip the lights to the side or hang them from above, and cover the whole thing (lights...

I'm sorry for your loss. I hope mine goes long after I'm gone.

These crack me up! I had to save the one of Steve's mouth wide open, covered in Mazuri:)

The last post was correct. Sulcatas need low protein, high fiber diets. Soak the mazuri in water until it turns into nice, mushy pellet. I keep an old plastic cup with my tort stuff just for that, throw in the mazuri, fill the water up past the pellets because they'll absorb a lot of it, I...

Oh you know it! Here's Franklin, he's 3 yrs old and weighs 10.75 lbs The last pic was from last yr so he was a little smaller then, he grows nice and steady!

Dog food has animal protein in it. Very, very bad for your sully so you shouldn't let him do it...EVER

Thank you sibi! He has been fortunate to find a new job that he starts Monday. The day after I posted that it was in all the way, it was out just a little bit. So I've been keeping in clean and kept putting sugar paste on it. It's been in all day today. He had a nice soak, pooped and nothing...

I just got home from work and I woke Frank up, everything is back inside of him right now. Not a single bit hanging out so hopefully it lasts. I misted the dirt and moss on his hide's roof to make it nice and humid, it's about 77 degrees in there. When I woke him up I had to redo the sides and...

I'm pretty sure it happened Bc my bf left a snake skeleton by the back door and Franklin walked up and ate it. That was a week ago though and all the bones had passed. He always poops a bunch and the poop that started this whole thing had nothing but grass in it. This is the worst thing ever, my...

The longest he's kept it out is hard to say bc he keeps hanging it out then pulling it almost all the way in them back out again. He also just sits there sometimes with it hanging all out. My bf just told me that I was away today, he was moving around everywhere.