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Have a question for the Bearded owners. We have this female who's been brumating about 5 or 6 months. No weight loss or gain but it's high time she snaps out of it IMO. I brought her upstairs today & got her to eat some fruit (horrible I know but I'm squeamish around the bugs for 1 & didn't...

My husband saw them at a show here in SE Michigan & exclaimed he wanted one! My negative response was immediate! Didn't even breathe before "no" was out of my mouth! They weren't 4-figures though; forgot how much but not that much. We have a Sulcata & I worry about him. I love your idea of...

My adult pair still does this: active morning & evening. When I moved them to their outdoor enclosure this spring both hid constantly until I planted a ton of hostas, goutweed, dandelion, etc. a little more active, but they do sleep a lot.

Yes...where in MI? There's a reptile show in Taylor this Saturday where you can get a tortoise for wholesale! I almost got suckered into a savannah monitor baby that was only $15! Tortoise prices there run from $25 on up to 4 digits depending what species you want. If you go however, please...

I'm sure my neighbors cringed when they saw me planting giant dandelions I had dug up from around our house into a "garden" in the back! Oh well...at least the flowers will never go to seed in there!

My husband and I are experiencing severe financial difficulties, but that isn't our tortoise's problem, or shouldn't be, at any rate. Though we can't afford little more than food and good lighting, we did want to give them proper, summer enclosures...and we were able to without spending a cent...

Variety... Tortoises love variety as well as foods that can offer a challenge/enrichment. The other day, our torts all got whole baby Bok Choy. Cactus pads are something a lot of us don't have frequent access to, so throw one of those in there; also Dragon Fruits/cactus fruit. Squashes are...

The dirt shouldn't be a problem; where do wild tortoises/turtles lay their eggs? As far as the mustiness, what did you use to put the eggs in? I've never incubated tortoise eggs, but have others, and we've never had a musty smell, though we have lost eggs.

While it's somewhat fun to jump on the hater-bandwagon, I've had really good luck at most of the the big-box pet stores in our area. In our store here, it seems they all have/breed reptiles. But for a funny story, no luck with one local Petco: a crazy girl chewed me out for finding and coming...

Agreed!!! And not everything with thorns is even a cactus. There is a large plant genus, the Euphorbias, which are toxic and many are commonly mistaken as cacti but they certainly aren't. It is a very widespread genus of which Poinsettias are included! In fact, a lot of Euphorbias don't...

Is that a Hermanns? Russian? TO START, give them a varied diet of greens (no iceberg lettuce or romaine ever) such as endive, dandelion, kale, etc., in addition to grasses. I didn't have luck with my young tortoises taking hay, but it's good to offer that as well. Limit fruit as it's too...

Definitely a baby snail...and if you have one, you'll likely soon find more. I poured boiling water in an effort to rid my tank of snails; missed one egg-sack and was quickly re-infested. Don't know thew they co-exist w/ newts (Google it), but I used Clown Loaches and then a goldfish to...

If you don't want to order online, large chain-grocery stores usually have it...or ethnic groceries, especially if you have large ethnic and/or foodie populations as we do in metro-Detroit; it shouldn't be too hard to find where you are. I've seen cactus in both Meijer and Kroger, as well as...

A lot of it depends on what design the artist comes up with. Going to Susannah Griggs here in Taylor, MI from Eternal Tattoo; I would say her style is more photo-realistic...very light outlines, not necessarily done in black ink. She has done birds, insects, a sea turtle even...a lot of...

I agree. I'm no creeper, but I live in well-populated area where there are tons of reptile-lovers & it would be nice to get to know fellow forum-members, share notes on local stores/vets/shows & maybe even meet up.

Oh I'm so w/ you here! Our 7-monther has made every 10-minute project an hour-long one and each afternoon job a weekend task! He just learned to pull himself into a sitting position in his crib & stick his legs through the bars while holding on w/ his hands! He's so proud of himself and...

Seventy-five?! I didn't know they got that old! (Though by saying as much, I'm not calling you out! :D) I have two but didn't think I'd be bequeathing them to my son in addition to the Sulcata. Anyway, congrats on yours. Did I miss the story of how he came to you?

Interesting, but no. ;) I got out of my Egyptian-phase when I was in my teens. Appreciate and still enjoy Egyptian history, but I don't believe in the afterlife the way the ancients did, so putting one of their tombs on my back wouldn't apply to me. Definitely keeping it simple as it's...

So we've had this empty 2'x2'x18" terrarium for over a year now, burning a hole in my proverbial pocket. Last weekend, I got an opportunity to pick up a couple Crimson Giant Day Geckos. Call it cabin-fever or a desire to work on a project that didn't include dirty diapers, but I had this up in...

Thanks all... Grandpa Turtle...that's great! Very smooth shell! Wellington & Kameo, I was thinking that too, about not having just any old tortoise on me but MY tortoise... Hopefully I'm going to have the tort being only a piece of the tattoo; she'll be under & in front of clover, cordyalis...