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  1. Fiddlerchick

    A penny for your thoughts?

    Still a bit at a loss about Farishta…. Hi everyone, Although Farishta has been eating somewhat normally recently, I am still not convinced that all is well…. Here are a couple pix of her current digs: It's like this now minus the bark which I took out: The...
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    Is there a tortoise shrink in the house?!

    Hi there, Yes, it’s Brenda again with another Farishta “incident report”….. Refer to my post titled “what do I do now?” below. I followed Danny’s advice and dug her out and tried to get her eating, which she did the next day, but not quite as I...
  3. Fiddlerchick

    What do I do now???

    Good morning everyone, Well, I finally got a chance to change the substrate of Farishta’s indoor enclosure last Wednesday (now it’s sand/bed-a-beast/aspen mix) and got all excited about her finally having started eating that day and taking a nice, long “run” around...
  4. Fiddlerchick

    Farishta's actual gender?

    Hi again, Also snapped a couple pix of Farishta's tail and tummy to find out if she is really a she...... Verdict??
  5. Fiddlerchick

    Farishta has started eating!!!!

    Hi everyone, We just got back from our holiday gig marathon in San Diego and since it was nice and sunny and warm today, I took Farishta out for a walk around the front garden. I set her down in some wild grass which she showed no interest in, but after making a trip down and then up the...
  6. Fiddlerchick

    Another dilemma – please advise!

    Again, really sorry for the SOS while everyone’s busy with the holidays! Now that our new “baby” Farishta is finally starting to settle in to her new residence chez theXiles (and Brenda is finally getting her habitat set up right) and is hopefully well into the transition...
  7. Fiddlerchick

    Farishta's perplexing behaviour

    Farishta’s perplexing me! Hi again, Here are examples of what Farishta is doing that I don’t understand….. 1. Her first house design included a 75-watt nighttime (red bulb) heat lamp which cast a small circle of possibly too-hot (ca. 110 degrees F) warmth into her...
  8. Fiddlerchick

    Farishta's house

    I built a house for Farishta with the following (all procured on my trusty 49cc scooter “Sparky”. Really!): 36”x24” plastic concrete mixing tub lid made of mid-weight wire mesh supported by 1 ½ x ¾ inch pine wood frame, hinged on one side and fastened to the...
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    What we've been feeding Farishta.....

    According to the research I did and after making my best guess at her species, I have been offering her a variety of things, such as good, organically grown salad greens (wide variety of mixed greens and reds), carrots, cut up raw French green beans, grated sweet potato, other leafy green...
  10. Fiddlerchick

    Brand-new first-time mom of Afghan (Russian) Tortoise here!

    Hi everyone, I apologise in advance for the long-winded, rambling post, but all my questions seem to overlap each other, so here goes……. We (two musicians and two musical cats) were recently adopted by what my research indicates to be a lovely female Afghan/Russian tortoise...
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