AZ Tortoise keeper's almost-anything-goes thread

[jskahn]

J did you get out a sled? Are your leopards laying tonight?

That is NOT how leopard tortoises celebrate New Years Eve!!!

 

[Yvonne G]

Happy New Year, from sunny Wickenburg, AZ


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Huh! The sun in Arizona is White? Who woulda' thunk it.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

I hope everybody had a great New Years . And welcome to 2015 !

 

[jskahn]

Here is a pic of her today


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Today she finally ate a piece of apple. What a relief, hopefully she will improve now.

 

[katfinlou]

She's beautiful... Reminds me of Barbra Streisand somehow...

 

[jskahn]

Thanks, she is a beauty. Since my last post, she ate a nightcrawler.

 

[jskahn]

Does anybody who lives close to Wickenburg, have a group of ornates. She is doing good, but I would like her to go to a group that is well cared for.

 

[jskahn]

I thought that somebody would like a free, pretty Ornate female. My friend's son wants to try a pet turtle, so hopefully, he will come to me for advice. He has taken good care of the baby Bearded Dragons, I gave him about 3 years ago.

 

[Don Flowers]

Hi, new Sulcata owner in Gilbert. Looking for local resources, good reptile shops & maybe a woodworker to build a large tortoise table, I'm no Tim Taylor and would like a nice built. Any good local info would be helpful.

Thanks
Don.

 

[motero]

Joe that is nice the boxie found a home. Does the kid live near you?

 

[motero]

Hi Don, baby sulcatas Benefit greatly from a closed chamber set up where the humidity can be kept up. I just made one out of a display case i got off craigslist. Look for Toms care sheet in the sulcata forum. And keep asking questions. How big is your tortoise? Where did you get it?

 

[Don Flowers]

Hi, Motero, he is less than a year old so still on the small side. Given to my daughter by her cousin, but I'm helping as much as I can and doing most the research. Have him in a 10 gal aquarium and doing good keeping temps up with lamps but fighting to keep humidity up. Using Eco earn as substrate and spraying with water all the time. Will get into proper enclosure as soon as I can.

Thanks!

 

[Arizona Sulcata]

Welcome Don!

 

[Don Flowers]

Thank, glad to be here!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello Don welcome to the TFO from Phx. AZ . If you ask most of us the best pet shops are Home Depots . Pet shops make money and sell high . But most of what you need you can find at Home Depots . But Mesa has a great reptile show in Nov .

 

[immayo]

Welcome

 

[Don Flowers]

Thanks for the welcomes! I also agree that Home Depot is the best and DIY is always the best. I do like to do as much research as I can and for me talking in person to someone and seeing things in person helps me get an idea of what I may want to do. That's just me, I tend to learn better with hands on more so than reading. How ever, I do both and just thought a local resource is always good to have. Thanks a ton for the input and ideas. Having fun so far with our new addition!

Thanks again,

Don

 

[Don Flowers]

Bummer I missed the show in November, will keep an eye out for this years
Thanks!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

My wife and I checked out the new Shamrock store in Phx ,AZ . Has great selection of produce with great prices . Its location is on I17 and Indian school . And it has people food also

 

[Don Flowers]

Thanks for that info, I will check it out. I do have a question. I am getting ready for a T- table build and think I will go with a closed lid rather than open. My question is on the lights, will it be ok to have lights on the outside shinning down through the plexiglass or do they need to be inside box. I am concerned with lights being to close to our Sulcata and burning him. Right now I have small halogens and they get very hot, are they the best or is another type better? I will get new / bigger lights for new build. I want to build a nice box but want to make sure it is correct. Also are the petmed foggers the best way to go for humidity controll? I plan on a 5 ft x 2.5 ft table/box with 15 in sides.

Thanks so much,

Don