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I really don't see why people seem to have a thing against glass. Glass terrariums are a hell of a lot easier to clean - and it doesn't need to be pre-treated with varnish and/or similar chemicals to make sure the wood doesn't completely rot from moisture. I know that the walls are not...

A square foot ≠ 0.3 square meters I think you need to brush up on your metric! :P One square foot = 0.01 m² 0.3 m² is equal to 3.3 square feet. Mind you also - the terrariums I'm loooking at are 0.4 m² which are 4.3 square feet No, and no. If I had I wouldn't even fanthom the thought...

As much as I enjoy the thought of doing a vertical terrarium for Peter I will not ever be able to gather the material nor do I posess the carpeting skills; nor the tools to do such a thing. The options I've rather have is a normal sized terrarium since then I wouldn't have to re-buy and...

That has to probably be the most unhelpful and useless answer I've ever recieved in this forum (been here since 2009)

Hey ya. I've had my tortoise Peter - The Pancake Tortoisefor many years now. Several years ago I moved Peter into a massive glass terrarium which he has been enjoying. Now I moved to a smaller apartement and I don't have the space for that massive terrarium here. I need to purchase a smaller...

He has two - one behind each eye and they both look the same. Tried very carefully touching them today. They seem rock solid and not pus-filled or anything. Also, when I touched them very gently Peter (that's his name) didn't freak out so I am quite positive it didn't hurt the slightliest when...

I have an African Pancake, male ~20 years old He has normally a sort-of bulge behind his eyes. Recently they've started to appear as white. I'm not sure I've ever seen them that white before. Peter appears to be normal and healthy. Eats well and he's very playful in his pen...

If the item you ordered was in stock - and a week later they tell you it was out of stock - that is a significant sign that they are not running a serious buisness. I would be very wary of such an organization that claims having lots of products in stock but in reality they have very little - or...

After watching my Pancake tortoise being able to flip back all by himself I am impressed and surprised and least to say puzzled. VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnIuGmJ62ig My pancake tortoise has a very flat shell thus theoretically it should be quite difficult for his species to...

The African Pancake Tortoise (Males) never grow more than 15 cm in length. Mine is fully grown and will never out-grow his enclosure. He has been living in his enclosure for 2 months now and I'm pretty confident that I could fit all his rocks and caves inside the smaller enclosure as well...

The Swedish Protection Agency of Animal Rights state that a tortoise the size of 20 cm (~8 inches) should be house in an enclosure the size of minimally 1 cubic meter (1550 Square Inches) The tortoise I have right now is 15 cm (6 inches) long and his enclosure is pretty near 1 cubic meter...

How would you like it if someone woke you up in the middle of the night and shoved a sandwich down your throat? Aside from that - you should try to make your tortoise to have a sleeping rythm.

I'll get a couple of fat screws and see what I can do. Getting a stand or hanging it by wall or celing is like I said - out of the question concidering I can't drill in any way in the walls here. It has a couple of holes place for screws on the back. As far as reflectors go, I have yet to find...

As far as I know, it's a hybrid cross breed they got out of those 5 eggs, so it's not exactly a big chance for the species to reproduce.

A Pancake Tortoise is quite small, fully grown it's 6 inches long which isn't by any means big. It doesn't require any specil humidity, just a high temperature in the enclosure (around 100 °F) and it doesn't hibernate. Problem is... Pancakes are a rare species, nearly impossible to get here...

I live in a student apartement and I am not allowed to screw holes anywhere. Not in walls nor ceilings and even if I did there's no way I could do it. It's solid concrete. Any other ideas how to attach the fixtures to the enclosure would be highly appreciated. Also, for how long can he survive...

When messing around with Peters enclosure I accidently knocked over a flourescent lamp holder and broke one of his UV-B flourescent lamps. The flourescent fixtures I have is an industrial one that doesn't have any means of attaching them to the enclosure. So now the last remaining...

Hey there good people. Handy Marty is back and this thread is quite long so take your sweet time when reading this thread. I've been for a couple of weeks now trying to find a suitable solution to install something similar to dimmers in Peters enclosure. The reason for this is becaus I don't...

I can't see how cleaning the tray can be any cumbersome. I can just lift the tray right out of the enclosre, put the stons in boiling water, dishwash the tray and then it's all clean and done. The rocks are easy to clean by putting them in boiling water, no need to clean nor brush them in any...

$80 sounds expensive. You can might as well buy a Hi-End MegaRay lamp for that price.