Any ideas yet as to whether Emmett is a boy or a girl? He's a year old.
Ha, okay. My google fu says it's the thickness of the tail that indicates sex. I was thinking of my turtles, which you can sex by their curve of their shell. :)
I brought Emmett home in November 2010, just a wee hatchling. (The picture of him in his green bowl.) I think he was three months old, or thereabouts.
He's growing and eating and I am looking forward to getting him an outdoor playspot next summer!
He's much heavier than he was but I...
I see everyone's lovely pictures of their pets, and then I go to take some and 9 times out of 10, I get this weird blurry unfocused shot. BLAH.
I have a Nikon Coolpix camera. Clearly, that's not great for close ups of hatchlings.
What does everyone else use? What are some tips for better...
Just wanted to introduce my second set of yellow belly sliders, Stewart and Patter.
My first pair of YBS were yearling turtles that I brought home with me from a flea market in Florida...when I got home, I scrambled to get them set up in a tank with the proper filtration and lighting. They...
Bria (my cat) really enjoys the heat from the basking lights on Stewart and Patter's tank...but it turns out she likes the MVB on Emmett's tank even more.
This is why screen tops are not a luxury but a necessity in my house. My cat is pretty...special. :)
And a couple of just...
I have a MVB bulb on a 20 gallon long, so it's about 12-14 inches from the bottom of the tank. I can't get it any closer to the tortoise. The temperature in the basking light area is hovering at 86 degrees. I have a heat bulb that I run at night, should I be running that more? What do I need...
How much of their time do Marginated tortoises spend buried in substrate? It's mostly all Emmett has done since I brought him home. Scared me half to death because I couldn't find him. Turns out he was buried and then under his log, LOL.
So is that hiding behavior pretty typical or is he...
I brought Emmett home today. He is so precious, I love him to pieces already.
There are pictures of his enclosure below. I have a 100w Powersun bulb on the left, a heat lamp on the right for nights, because the temp in my apartment can get to about 68 degrees F. I have some of the cheap...
How much hands on time is "safe" for a hatchling? How much time out of a heated tank is okay?
I've heard mixed information about how much handling is safe or encouraged for young tortoises. I am bringing mine home tomorrow (SO excited) and as much as I want to have him out, I also want to...
I am bringing home my hatchling Marginated Tortoise on Sunday, so I am trying to make sure that everything is set up for him when he gets here.
Here is his enclosure. He gets to share a stand with my yellow belly slider turtles, lucky little guy. :)
I'm running a 100 watt Zoo Met PowerSun...
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Has anyone used this food for their tortoise? A guy at the pet store showed it to me when I was in there the other day. Apparently it's all natural and high in fiber. He suggested I feed it twice a week, and...
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I am looking at purchasing a hatchling Marginated tortoise. I live in an apartment and since they are a smaller species of tortoise, I thought they might be more appropriate. The hatchlings I saw today were also absolutely adorable; I totally melted when I saw their little faces...
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I'm Tasha am new here and slightly new to Sulcatas. I used to work at a pet store, and we had a Sulcata as our in store pet. She was beautiful and huge and I just loved her to pieces.
I've been wanting a sulcata of my own for several years now but wasn't in a good place time...