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We did the same thing for Charlie a few years ago. We have a storage shed in the yard he liked to go behind. It wasn't so tight that he had to go up on two legs but if he decided to stay behind the storage shed, we wouldn't have been able to get him out easily. He is well over 100 pounds and...

I tried vinegar but it didn't work well. You know what worked well? Boiling water. I think when measuring baking soda and vinegar, a cup of baking soda would equal a cup of vinegar.

I love this interesting lantern plant. I'm so glad the guy at the nursery talked me into it. It's been blooming much of the winter.

Is this type of flooring appropriate for an outdoor enclosure? Can you post an example of the type you mean? I'm wondering if it would be easier to clean in Charlie's house. About half the floor is covered with a heat mat that doesn't stay put very well. Maybe this kind of flooring would anchor...

I think it is stressful for those tortoises to be together when one of them bullying the other. Is that astroturf? What a shame they don't have real grass.

Charlie is 24 too! Do you know Mordy's hatch date? I think Charlie was hatched in June or July of 1999. I haven't weighed him but I think he is at least 125 pounds. I don't think he is bored. He has a large yard to explore and graze in. There are a variety of plants to eat. There are plenty of...

I bought this bracelet in Las Vegas a few years ago in the Grand Bazaar Shops. They had several designs at the time but I don't know the name of the store and don't know if it is still there.

Thanks for this. I've had my sulcata for 24 years and he has never tried to escape. Once he dug a burrow that went under the fence into my neighbor's yard but they never dig with the goal of coming up the other side. The burrow is for shelter. The biggest burrow Charlie dug was about 6 feet deep...

The acids they put in eye drops are safe for the eye. They adjust the ph of the solution, which is important so it will match the ph of your eye. Boric acid is commonly used as an eye wash and feels very soothing. I have to use artificial tears all the time. Most artificial tears will also...

Don't put two tortoises together. One of them will get bullied.

I think it is completely normal. Charlie does this sometimes. He is 24 years old. I think he just has some pent up energy. He's been doing it for years. It is more common in the summer.

He's been trying but luckily he can't get a grip.

I seem to remember that Maggie's tortoise, Bob, used to do that when he was over 100 pounds and it looked very painful!

We didn't paint ours. It seems like it would be helpful on the floor.

@Len B how large did you (are you) going to make the door opening for Walker? I'm in the process of building a new nightbox for Charlie. His current opening is 17 inches tall by 24 inches wide. I was thinking of widening it to 30 inches. I hadn't thought to make it taller. Should I? And should I...

That's wonderful! Charlie once had something like that on his top beak. I cut it off with garden clippers. It startled both of us but he was fine afterwards.

I didn't see any damage around me and I'm about 60 miles south of you.

I'm in the San Joaquin Valley, between Bakersfield and Fresno. We've had rain most of the day but not super heavy. It's supposed to get worse tonight. Yesterday we had some winds but not much now. Charlie usually sleeps outside during the summer. I plugged his heaters back in last night and I'm...

Personally I wouldn't dig him out seeing how it is summer and he isn't danger of freezing. You should know that they never stop digging. Charlie's burrow got so big and curved under our house so we had to fill it in to keep our house from collapsing. Before that, he lived in it through several...

Also I think sometimes they get too cold and it takes too much effort to move. I don't know how much they worry about predators since their main defense is their shell, at least once they get big.