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Maybe I can get creative and find a way to make a lid for the c&c cage to keep the humidity in? At least for half the cage and just leave the part with the lamp uncovered...

I live in a smallish city and we only have one supply store around here. The 3x2x8 trough is $419 and unfortunately out of my budget... :(

No, unfortunately not. I posted an add and was quoted $500+ for a simple wood enclosure and it was the only reply that I got.

I wasn't going to downsize but I do want a different cage. I cannot work with what I have right now - it's too heavy. Right now his cage is 3x6 and about 4 feet high. It's huge and literally takes up my whole bedroom. All I can fit in there is my bed. Also, I am getting mixed info. On my old...

Hi everyone. I am thinking about making a new enclosure for my Hermann's tortoise. His right now is made of plywood and it's so big and heavy and hard to work with. I hate it! I'm thinking about a C & C cage and looking for some input. I did a forum search but only found one topic on it...

I did that as well and found many dead ends. The link you provided is from 2008 and that product is no longer available. :( I did end up finding something. I'm not 100% sure it will work but I'm going to give it a try. I purchased a few blocks of this, a lead from a local reptile group. It's...

How thick of a layer did that give you?

No deal unfortunately. I did find a large brick on Amazon but it's not organic and in the Q&A it says there's some sand mixed in. I've asked on a local reptile group so hopefully someone has some leads. A lot of the stuff that's plentiful in the USA seems hard to find here in Canada. It's...

I've never found them in our garden stores :(

Let me just start by saying that I live in Canada and it seems really hard to raise tortoises here! I've read the care sheet multiple times and I'm trying really hard to make a suitable environment for my little tort. He/She will be a year old in Oct and I've upgraded his enclosure majorly. I...

Success! I gave Beans some squash leaves and blossoms and he loves them!!

How often can he eat them? I went to a friend's garden today and picked some squash and cucumber leaves, as well as some blossoms. I'm going to give them to Beans tomorrow. They seem so prickly underneath, though. I hope he likes them!

Yay! I'm going to plant some squash this weekend :)

Is there a list of stuff that's safe for Hermann's? There are a lot of seeds on that site and I'm just not sure what's safe for him, which is why I posted here. I'd also like to try some type of flowers for him, to see if he'll eat them... I'll have to look into growing some type of squash. I...

Are they American companies, though? I need Canadian companies. The border is super strict about any type of plants/seeds coming through. I know there's one American company that can send here ($30 for a pound) but I'm sure I'd get hit with crazy duty fees on top of that.

Ah, I hope I can! Lol. I look into Beans' little face and I just want to give into him. I hope I can turn him over to weeds and I'm glad to know that he won't go hungry. Truth be told, he's a little overweight and I think it's because of the bought foods :( I'm going to start spreading his food...

Thanks so much for your help. So I can pick up any wild bird seed and that's safe for my Beans? I think I'm going to give that a try :)

Weather is scorching in the summer, and cold-freezing in the fall and winter lol. Can they eat squash leaves? My issue is I don't want to plant in the ground, I'd rather plant in pots/trays. I don't really have anywhere to plant directly in the ground. I've also heard that wild bird seed can be...

Also... Can I just buy some seeds, mix them all together and try to plant trays of grazing food??

Hi everyone. I've got a 10 month old Hermann tortoise that I am trying to figure out food for. So far he's been living on store bought greens. I've tried giving him dandelion and some clover but he wouldn't touch it. I've had a hard time finding tortoise seed mixes here in Canada and have...