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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...

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...

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 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...

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 just made a waterpool for Peter the Pancake Tortoise. I would like to know what peoples opinions are about it. It is basically a crude piece of plastic tray for now, the main reason why I chose this material is because it is very easy to clean, easy to handle and a simple elegant...

The average temperature in my box without any lamps on is around 20 °C/68 °F My Pancake totoise probably needs an average of 35 °C/95° F and the way I've solved that is by using 2 Solar Glo 75W Basking lamps to raise the temperature to that, but it only covers a third of my...

I'm contemplating on getting either a Russian or a Leopard Tortoise. They are fairly expensive in the breeders shop I found (200€ per tortoise) but I am confident that if I buy one I have the enough space and resources to house one. The tortoise I have right now is a Pancake and the...

I've yet to find a solid number on which temperature gradient I should have in my tortoise box. My tortoise is the rare Pancake Tortoise and I really have no idea which temperature I should set up for him. My questions revolve two things - What temperature and how much should it spread out...

I just decorated his tortoise box with new flat rocks that I found cheap in a store. These flat rocks cost me around 2€ per kilogram. Quite cheap, they look very nice and they fit the tortoisebox neatly. They also had heat rocks for sale on the store that I bought for 30€...

Hello. After reading this article I've come to the conclusion that having a tortoise in-doors 24/7 is something people in here generally is against. I keep my tortoise indoors all year around and whenever I ask questions regarding my terrarium or taking care of the tortoise people in this...

I finished getting all the gear I needed for my Pancake Tortoise. Here are a few pictures: Not only can you see pictures of him. You can also see a LIVE STREAMING of him here. I set up a webcamera so that you can see him almost 24 hours a day. The box is quite empty right now but I will...

I have a strange rare tortoise species that loves to get stuck between rocks and tight spaces. I talked to an expert regarding the issue and he told me I should get rocks and formations for my tortoise box. Not far from my house there is a mining company that has a huge ammount of rocks...

After being recommended Mega Ray bulbs by people I've been really sceptic purchasing one. Why? Because here in Sweden they cost 75 Euros. That's.. uhm... 105 US American Dollars. After being nagged about purchasing Mega Ray bulbs over a thousand times I am trying to seriously find cheaper...

Hey. Buying lamps for my tortoise box and I cannot decide which ones to buy. How many and how strong lamps should I buy for my Pancake Tortoise? I'm currently looking at these. EXO TERRA SUN GLO Halogen but I don't know how many watts? 50? 75? 100? 150? Exo-Terra Repti-Glo UVB-lamp...

Hey there good people. This is the tortoise-box for my Pancake Tortoise. I made an entire video about it so here it is: Youtube Video (I wanted to integrated this video into the thread but I have no idea what script tags to use in this forum? Low Quality Video Mirror WMV Video 320x240 High...

For many reasons - these mainly being lack of competence amongst retailers - they are no reptilestores in Stockholm, Sweden - the biggest Scandinavian city in Northern Europe. I am thus limited to online internet shops. They are 2 of them I'm concidering buying from but they are a couple of...

Hello good people Unfourtunatly I discovered that I am slightly allergic to soil. I have asthma and sleeping in the same room with 10 gallons of soil is really not a good idea. So I ask of you good people to help me out choosing a good substrate for my tortoise. Please choose something...

So I got the tip that sandboxsand might be a better idea rather than spending literally thousands of dollars on high-premium reptile sand from reptile shops. (the only thing available here) I found a home-depot shop and I had a look at their sandbox sand. Rather than showing picture of it, I...