Harriet

[SteveW]

Arrived at 56 grams (7 weeks, as I recall). Six months later, 272 grams.
No, I do not have a point. Just sharing

 

[Lyn W]

She's lovely! Thank you for sharing your success story. Hope she continues to go from strength to strength!

 

[Pearly]

What a beauty!

 

[Yvonne G]

A "point" is never needed here on the Forum. We're always eager to see pictures of folks' animals. Harriet is quite the beauty, and in a few years when you realize she's really a 'he', you can change 'Harriet' easily to 'Harry'!!

She's quite smooth. Care to share your husbandry with us?

 

[SteveW]

A "point" is never needed here on the Forum. We're always eager to see pictures of folks' animals. Harriet is quite the beauty, and in a few years when you realize she's really a 'he', you can change 'Harriet' easily to 'Harry'!!

She's quite smooth. Care to share your husbandry with us?

Yeah, I am drawn towards names that are either gender neutral or at least plastic. As for husbandry, I rambled on about about it some months ago in a thread titled, Minority Report. I'd link it if I knew how.

 

[Yvonne G]

Ok, thanks - I vaguely remember that. I'll look for it and re-read it, now that I've seen Harriet

 

[SteveW]

A "point" is never needed here on the Forum. We're always eager to see pictures of folks' animals. Harriet is quite the beauty, and in a few years when you realize she's really a 'he', you can change 'Harriet' easily to 'Harry'!!

She's quite smooth. Care to share your husbandry with us?

I still can't link, phone issue maybe, but here is the previous narrative/manifesto:

"Well I can't seem to get a decent picture with all in place and I don't want to take everything apart, so perhaps the proverbial 'thousand words' will do.
Visualize, if you will, a t5HO on a diagonal that spans almost half of the enclosure. At the midway point of the enclosure, there is a CHE on a thermostat set at 85F. This keeps both ends at 80F minimum. On the basking end, and to one side, there is a CHE on a thermostat set at 95F, that is limited via timer to 12 hours. I use a combo of LEDs and incandescents at 2500, 5000, and 6500 to get the most complete spectrum I can, and a max temp of 100F. By keeping the heat to one side, there is a minor lateral gradient as well as the 20ish degree gradient, end to end. There are humid hides at both ends and in the middle. In this way, there are opportunities for heat, light, and UV in differing combinations and levels.
This microclimate approach is what I can't duplicate with a closed chamber.
I have no idea how important this could be or even how it could be tested. Clearly it's not required. However, wouldn't it follow that a poikilotherm with demonstrated need for humidity and visual acuity into the UV would have the mechanism to correctly modulate these conditions if the environment allowed?
I don't have a definite answer, but according to my research, playing with lights and timers is more fun than the Facebook tortoise group,so that's something."