I found this two story rabbit hutch on Amazon. It's insulated with styrofoam and has plastic over the wire parts. Of course the ramp need railings, but otherwise I thought this might be a pretty good option for people with smaller/young torts. What do you think...
As some of you may know, I have three cherryhead redfoots born in May 2013, February 2014, and May 2014 approximately 5", 4", and 3" respectively. I acquired these tortoises having a certain life plan in place, but alas that has changed. My now ex and I share the same house that he owns and my...
No one got back to me today on the food and diet section as to whether free feeding white clovers is a good idea, so I just went ahead and planted the seeds. Half of the exposed coco coir is planted with white clover and the other half winter rye grass. We'll see how that pans out over the next...
I'm redoing my enclosure today-all fresh coco, sphagnum moss, cypress mulch, new hides, etc. I found a local garden center here that I had never been to before and they had a bunch of seeds. I was so excited and wanted to get some just for cover in the enclosure for free feeding and helping...
We are moving soon to a house with a great big yard which includes this shed. This shed was a selling point of the house and will be used to house my three Cherryhead Redfoots. My torts are all still quite young (1-2 years) and small, so they will not be allowed to roam outside the shed...
Excerpt from my economics text:
Much of the power of the preferences models we use in this course derives
from one simple assumption: non-satiation, or “more is better.” Economists
assume that more of a good is always better than less. This does not mean that
you are equally happy with the...
So this is just something I've been thinking about, and I don't really have an answer or opinion because I guess maybe I don't have enough information, so I wanted thoughts from the experienced guys and gals on here. I see a lot about how turtle/tortoise hobbyists are helping with conservation...
with all of your other animals? We have two cats, a dog, and three tortoises. One cat jumps on the counter and eats your food, walks all over you when you sleep, and throws up on the floor and sometimes on the bed. The other cat runs around like crazy when you're sleeping, makes loud banging...
I recently acquired two new babies to bring my herd to a total of three. They are all within a year of each other. Sheldon was born in May of 2013, Claire in February of 2014, and Cooper in May of 2014. I have had the two new torts for a few weeks now and wanted to share my experiences as so...
I was at Home Depot today and impulsively bought a few Pansy plants for Sheldon. I know that they are safe for torts, but my questions are: should I be concerned that these plants were treated with pesticides from Home Depot here in Colorado? (It didn't say anything about pesticides, of...
I'm doing daily soaks on my new tort Sheldon, who is a three month old cherry head. I'm also spraying his shell several times during the soak. Do you guys spray your torts' shells more than once during the day? Would any of you recommend, or know from experience, if I should spray Sheldon at...
Hi all. My tort comes tomorrow, and I tried to get his rubbermaid enclosure set up before he got here. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get it all figured out like I wanted, but I have had the sphagnum moss substrate soaked and then the water squeezed out and placed into the rubbermaid...
Hi all. For those of you that haven't read my recent introduction, I am a soon to be cherry head mom. My tort, whom I'm naming Sheldon after the Big Bang Theory character, will be arriving in just over a week. I set up his rubbermaid enclosure today, just with sphagnum moss and the CHE and...
Hi everyone. I will be getting my cherry head baby, Sheldon, and becoming a tort mom, in a little over a week. I'm setting up his rubbermaid tub today so that I can mess with it over the next week and get the temps and humidity right before he gets here.
I live in Colorado so it is quite...
Hello, I am new to this site and just posted my introductory posting under the appropriate forum. (In case you missed it, I am getting a couple month old cherry head in a few weeks, and I've already got just about everything I need for him/her and have done extensive research on red foots.)...
Hello all. I am going to be getting my couple month old cherry head in a few weeks, a birthday present to myself. I've wanted a tortoise for years and years. I had a shed with turtle tanks that I was solely responsible for when I was a kid, so I do know a thing or two about turtles/tortoises...