im curious to see how he will react to the added light also, its just weird how you could watch how he is indoors, and you wouldn't even believe it was the same tort. I feel bad, but in my climate, and my family has dogs, and ill still be at home for a year or to, so living outdoors isn't safe...
well its getting nice around here, in the 70's with a nice sun. i have had igore for a few months not very active at all. ill bring him out under his basking spot every morning wear he will lay and for a few minutes and usually get drink and go back under his hide or just go under his hide and...
thats not a bad deal at all, the heater is the only thing i would be concerned about. If it needs replacing, i always was fan of Marineland brand heaters
the best part of all this is that my mother loves gardening. in the spring and summer shes in the yard 24/7 so when i told her that my tortoise would eat a lot of the flowers she normaly grows she was excited because it gave here a reason to add to her collection, and shes going to grow some...
yes spring is around the corner, not to much snow this year so if will definitively be an early one. today when i was looking at him i saw a small slightly lighter ring around the edge of his shell, which i saw in another thread people identified as new growth! very exciting
i do have a accurate way measure temps, and the lights are on 14 hours a day. i have a second 75 watt basking bulb in the tank which help keep the heat where it needs to be, which i added recently thinking that may be the case, but it also helps make it much brighter. I have seen him poop and...
well this Saturday will be 4 weeks since i have had igore. He has only eaten a noticeable amount once. he has 100w Zoo med powersun bulb. 54 gallon storage tub home, with a hide and 24/7 access to water, also he is soaked multiple times each week. he is feed a spring mix base with another green...
Well when i was trying to figure out what direction i wanted to go with my life, i had looked into the trades. and when i looked at the 3 major ones that came to mind, Plumbing, Electrician, and HVAC. the hvac field had little dependence on New Construction. At least in the way i wanted to be...
Im currently going to a Technical college and i am in my first year of a two year program Heating, Ventilation , Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
I work at a heating and Air Conditioning as a shop boy, and future Service technician. i run various errands, and clean up the shop, also i got...
yeah, after i noticed this being a problem i used the coconut chips under and around the food/water bowls to help the situation. aside from the mess, i think the benefits make it worth the mess :)
i have looked at some different seed mixes available online, and i was wondering which are some of you favorites, this would be Grown for my Russian tortoise, your input/ recommendations are appreciated
today i took out some of the coconut bark, and added a bag of the loose coconut coir, and igore was checking it out and like always he loves walking through is food and water dishes, even though he has a clear path to walk across. i can definitely tell im going to love cleaning his water bowl 5...
so far i hadn't seen igore pee or poop, a couple times when i had soaked him i thought it may have happened but i wasn't sure, well today i was letting him roam around my room and i saw him stop and sort of use his tail as a kick stand, and then he decided to let loose, thank god for hardwood...
my main concern with the heat source originally was, do to his activity levels and eating. in another thread, someone recommended that the hot side be warmer then it was. I have been letting him roam around my room sometimes now and he is pretty active then, he will just walks this same path...
well i had moved the location of his enclosure, since it was by a window, and when we have cold weather i know it was making it harder to maintain the temps in his enclosure, so now with the move it ended up taking care of the problem. and at night i will open my room window for a little bit as...
yes i do agree, idk why but today everything was where i want it, now im very confused with the whole situation. lol ill just continue to monitor the situation.
thats why its hard to pass up because the compressed bricks are such a better deal. but it sounds like between ringing out the excess water that i wont have much to worry about :)
when i change my substrate with in the next couple weeks Im going to switch from coconut husk bark to the coconut coir. I can buy a bag a the loose coconut fiber, which is the same as the bricks but its already expanded, now my concern is since you need to put the brick in water, do i need to...