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  1. hoopytortoise

    Tortoise growth sulcata

    Thank you! I honestly trust the advice given here the best , which is why before I changed what I was doing I posted here. My tortoise is super happy, healthy, and insanely active. We are working on getting him a bigger indoor enclosure built for winter. I have left on fb group and the...
  2. hoopytortoise

    Tortoise growth sulcata

    Thank you everyone. I feel better about it all. My husband and have been talking about getting a bigger enclosure built soon since out door temps have been gradually dropping.
  3. hoopytortoise

    Tortoise growth sulcata

    I'm just so paranoid I'm doing something wrong. He seems very happy and is super active. He is just growing so fast
  4. hoopytortoise

    Tortoise growth sulcata

    My Lil guy is growing super fast. 2 things.. I wonder if he is over eating? His enclosure is always humid.. he gets one soak a day. Calcium he gnaws on a cuttlefish bone plus get reptical once a week. When weather is nice he spends an hour outside. Lately been rainy here. I am worried...
  5. hoopytortoise

    Working on new outdoor area

    We also decided to add a latch to the lid.
  6. hoopytortoise

    Working on new outdoor area

    Yikes! Okay definitely moving things around a bit more. The plants are thyme, sage, dandelion and grass. All came out of my herb garden. Well the grass came from my dad's place. The dandelion I just dug up from my yard. I plan to put more of those in there soon.
  7. hoopytortoise

    Working on new outdoor area

    Finally started work on our outdoor enclosure for our hatchling. It has a chicken wire lid that latches on top. Need to add plants and cover. I let him explore while we worked on it. During first half of day it'd all shaded.. second have is pretty sunny. Until evening then shade hits it again.
  8. hoopytortoise

    My other Love.

    Casey can get nippy sometimes too
  9. hoopytortoise

    My other Love.

    Yes he is an avid talker and an expert singer. He has been very babied. He says "Casey is a pretty bird" "What u doin?" "I'm an eagle" He whistles: Boston priece of mind the imperial March Final count down Adams family Andy Griffith Ants go marching Cat calls Misc: barks like a dog
  10. hoopytortoise

    My other Love.

    This is Casey Jones. He is a 1 year old white faced cockatiel. And he is best friends with my 4 year old. I snapped this picture this morning. I just had to share
  11. hoopytortoise

    Fantasy Football (anyone?)

    I'm a dedicated Chiefs fan. My husband is a Cheesehead. I get so tired of hearing how great Aaron Rodgers is. But other than its kinda nice because at lease we are a house divided in different divisions. I'm not sure I could have married him if he were a Raiders or Bronco fan. If you need...
  12. hoopytortoise

    Hmm not sure on Temperatures

    Okay new light came in and is installed. Since temps weren't staying up I added a lower watt ceramic heat bulb as well. Humidity was only at 50% so I moistened the substrate.. put towel over top and it's gradually rising. Right now up to 70! Lowest temp in enclosure is now 79.9 bhottest is...
  13. hoopytortoise

    Hmm not sure on Temperatures

    Thank you! He or she has one little Mis Scute... I think it gives Rocket extra character.
  14. hoopytortoise

    Hmm not sure on Temperatures

    @Tom you definitely didn't fail. It was just the timing I found this forum in. :) i am working really hard to improve my sulcata enviroment. I appreciate this forum more then you can believe. I am always given educated answers and swift replies. ☺
  15. hoopytortoise

    Hmm not sure on Temperatures

    I just didn't discover this forum until after I had already started the process of owning my sulcata. I purchase everything from amazon where I can read reviews.
  16. hoopytortoise

    Hmm not sure on Temperatures

    I read the thread when I joined the forum. Which was just the other day. I had already bought the bulbs I have at that point. I got amazon the same day I read I needed the other bulbs and ordered one. It arrives tomorrow. My tort is brand new. He arrived yesterday. So, yeah .. order of...
  17. hoopytortoise

    Fantasy Football (anyone?)

    I'm in. I'm in another league as well. Let's just pray the drafts arnt the same night. We are drafting my other league in the 18th
  18. hoopytortoise

    Hmm not sure on Temperatures

    Also in the middle of the enclosure you see a flat spot. That'd actually a take out dish that I cut an opening and buried it to make a burrow. He slept in there all last night.
  19. hoopytortoise

    Hmm not sure on Temperatures

    Fantastic advice thank you! It is a coil bulb but I ordered a long bulb from amazon it should arrive tomorrow. I have since put a towel over the top and the enclosure is now 84 on the cool side. My tort has also been much more active since doing that. I am having my husband build me a lid...
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