Orcsloot
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šHello from South Texas!
I just wanted to drop the first of hopefully many more posts to come! in two days i will finally be sharing my home with a 1+ year old Marginated Tortoise He/She will be treated like royalty im putting feelers out for all tips and suggestions please lmk shed some wisdom my way! my setup will be a tort table 2x4ft open top box the substrate will be cypress chips the flukers brand & coco coir fibers ideally id like to have live plants in there but am aware of the need to start from seeds due to risk associated with sourcing from stores etc..
for heat i have a 100w basking bulb 2 pack and a 100w lucky herp ceramic heat element thing also 2 pack id like to know which i should really use and why if anyone cares to lmk right now inside temp in this room which will be shared with the fella is 80F 70% humidity, i just hope i didnt get to high of a watt tbh and if i should have the basking side covered like some do or if that heat will kinda isolate on that spot lid or no lid? ideally id like to have the tort table open but ultimitely wants whats best for my new best friend in the end. covered i worry about to high humidity.. uncovered i worry about not enough... forgive me guys im a noob and i do overthink alot.
UVB will be the Arcadia 24in bar with T5HO 12% D3 Bulb!
i plan to also really go all out with this enclosure so am open to suggestions! and plan to build the same outside so this fella can spend as much time outside as possible i do want to let yall know i plan to buy more of these tort tables and jerry rig em together to create a 4ftx8ft eventually! i also want to set up another at the grandparents to i plan to keep yall posted on this life long journey and actually have a youtube i think im gonna start documenting this journey through to i noticed aside from garden state tortoise and some few others there really isnt much tort info on youtube in regards to specifically marginated torts! maybe i can play a part in changing that?
Ever since i was a kid ive always wanted a tortoise but because of my location it simply wasnt practical 27 years old now i can now finally welcome one into my home i cant begin to tell you how excited i am! ive probably done hundreds thousands of hours of research collectively throughout my life but i still feel so ill prepared i want nothing but the best life for this dude/dudette i know that getting one of these humble dinos is a life long commitment and actuallly past that you truly need to have your affairs in order which i do so anyway im excited guys and so happy to be apart of this community its been a very long time coming but im here and im not leavin anytime soon!
I just wanted to drop the first of hopefully many more posts to come! in two days i will finally be sharing my home with a 1+ year old Marginated Tortoise He/She will be treated like royalty im putting feelers out for all tips and suggestions please lmk shed some wisdom my way! my setup will be a tort table 2x4ft open top box the substrate will be cypress chips the flukers brand & coco coir fibers ideally id like to have live plants in there but am aware of the need to start from seeds due to risk associated with sourcing from stores etc..
for heat i have a 100w basking bulb 2 pack and a 100w lucky herp ceramic heat element thing also 2 pack id like to know which i should really use and why if anyone cares to lmk right now inside temp in this room which will be shared with the fella is 80F 70% humidity, i just hope i didnt get to high of a watt tbh and if i should have the basking side covered like some do or if that heat will kinda isolate on that spot lid or no lid? ideally id like to have the tort table open but ultimitely wants whats best for my new best friend in the end. covered i worry about to high humidity.. uncovered i worry about not enough... forgive me guys im a noob and i do overthink alot.
UVB will be the Arcadia 24in bar with T5HO 12% D3 Bulb!
i plan to also really go all out with this enclosure so am open to suggestions! and plan to build the same outside so this fella can spend as much time outside as possible i do want to let yall know i plan to buy more of these tort tables and jerry rig em together to create a 4ftx8ft eventually! i also want to set up another at the grandparents to i plan to keep yall posted on this life long journey and actually have a youtube i think im gonna start documenting this journey through to i noticed aside from garden state tortoise and some few others there really isnt much tort info on youtube in regards to specifically marginated torts! maybe i can play a part in changing that?
Ever since i was a kid ive always wanted a tortoise but because of my location it simply wasnt practical 27 years old now i can now finally welcome one into my home i cant begin to tell you how excited i am! ive probably done hundreds thousands of hours of research collectively throughout my life but i still feel so ill prepared i want nothing but the best life for this dude/dudette i know that getting one of these humble dinos is a life long commitment and actuallly past that you truly need to have your affairs in order which i do so anyway im excited guys and so happy to be apart of this community its been a very long time coming but im here and im not leavin anytime soon!
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