My shining Stars in their enclosure
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Maybe I should add the enclosure is 4 x 2 x 2ft, light is on for 8-10 hous everyday and I do spot cleaning everyday, full enclosure cleaning once every 2 weeks. On some days I let them graze in my garden for about 30-45 minutes so on those days I leave the lights on for maybe a couple of hours.
Wow, that is pretty and so clean! Nice decorating! 
Do they not like to dig? I am just wondering why you don't have a part of your enclosure filled with substate they can dig into and where you could bury their dishes down some so they don't have to climb up and over...
Your tortoises have such beautiful markings *sigh*. I wish I could have one.
Do they not like to dig? I am just wondering why you don't have a part of your enclosure filled with substate they can dig into and where you could bury their dishes down some so they don't have to climb up and over...
Your tortoises have such beautiful markings *sigh*. I wish I could have one.
I shy away from substrate becuase it attracts bugs, mites etc etc so if they want to take cover, they have their huts for that. I try to keep it as clean as possible, do spot cleaning sometimes 2-3 times a day. Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm glad you'll like it. Mission accomplished.
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Stephanie Logan said:Wow, that is pretty and so clean! Nice decorating!
Do they not like to dig? I am just wondering why you don't have a part of your enclosure filled with substate they can dig into and where you could bury their dishes down some so they don't have to climb up and over...
Your tortoises have such beautiful markings *sigh*. I wish I could have one.
if i didn't remember wrongly, stars don't burrow. and don't hibernate. =)
Homerist said:Stephanie Logan said:Wow, that is pretty and so clean! Nice decorating!
Do they not like to dig? I am just wondering why you don't have a part of your enclosure filled with substate they can dig into and where you could bury their dishes down some so they don't have to climb up and over...
Your tortoises have such beautiful markings *sigh*. I wish I could have one.
if i didn't remember wrongly, stars don't burrow. and don't hibernate. =)
They do burrow at times but it's not a must that they have to burrow.
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cute tortoises! and a very nice enclosure.
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Tnaks, hope all goes well. At this point the male seems a little afraid from the female, he always goes into his shell when she goes near him. At night when they sleep I put them together in the hut so to help him get used to her sooner.
I don't know if I would like that carpet stuff. I have a russian...so digging is a must. But maybe carpet in half and substrate in the other? NNNAAAA..it would still get tracked all over. Im gonna stick with what I have. But it is attracitve the way you have it. And your torts are georgous.
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I think the tortoises need substrate...
I totally understand where you'll are comming from but with substrate it will be difficult to pick out their poop only because the poop will camouflage well into the substrate hence attracting parasites, bugs and god knows what. However I wouldn't mind a little hay in their hut. Lets see.
It looks like in a couple pictures that your tort table follows the same concept as the Ikea Bookshelf Table, but this is deeper than any bookshelf I've seen. Would you mind sharing where found a shelving unit that deep?
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It's really clean, but does it stay clean? Tortoises can be REALLY messy and poop all over the nice mat
IKEACoryCrandall said:
Yes my house keeper and I do spot cleaning 2-3 times a day. Also do a full cleaning once in 2 weeks.Jessica said:It's really clean, but does it stay clean? Tortoises can be REALLY messy and poop all over the nice mat
I was reading up in this forum http://startortoises.net/index.html
and it says somewhere that Stars dont dig, hibernate or burrow.
and it says somewhere that Stars dont dig, hibernate or burrow.
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Hi I would like to know your light is on for 8-10 hous everyday so is it during night time untill morning?
I support your carpet, i use it to, but it is covered with a very large flat stone, newspaper on one side and eco earth on the other.. my camera is down so i cant take a pic.. but for the person that thought about half and half, a large flat stone is a great divider....
Here is a pic from my camera phone, so you can see....
Here is a pic from my camera phone, so you can see....
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