So hows my enclosure, what else do i need?

[Caboose]

Sooo i have to wait a year to let the plant sit? I kinda need plants in their now.


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[luvpetz27]

Sooo i have to wait a year to let the plant sit? I kinda need plants in their now.


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

I just use fake plants. My box turtles hide in and under them. They work great!!

 

[Caboose]

I think my sulcata would try to eat it, but where can i get fake plants.


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[luvpetz27]

Pet stores have them.....I get the plants for fish tanks sometimes. You can also order them on line. I just typed in reptile plants and tons came up!! Big and small ones. You could try them and see if he tries to eat them. My box turtles dont try to eat them.....hopefully your guy wont. Sometimes I find them in Wallmart in the pet section.

 

[Caboose]

Ok and also i kinda dont like the name Michelangelo and Raphael. I want to rename my torts, any ideas? So far i was thinking about Nos for sulcata cause he is fast.


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[Irish]

Basking temp is a bit to high. Do you have UVA and UVB rays, or sunlight in a secure outdoor enclosure?

 

[Caboose]

The temp is now at 97F is that to high? And its a UVB


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[luvpetz27]

I just looked on ebay for you and there are tons of fake plants on there!! I wish I would of checked there before!! They are really nice!!

I love the names of your torts!! But if you really dont like them you probably should change them....

 

[Irish]

How do i get heat to go to it, I've got a 100w Che right next to it.


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

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I dont understand? I gave my sulcata all this space for h to live in, and all he does is walk around the edges basically clawing and climbing on the tarp???

If he is never under the heat lamp, it may be way too hot, causing him to run to the perimeter to escape the excessive heat. Try raising the lamp. That may settle him down. I see the same behavior wit baby chicks and ducklings.

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[Caboose]

I love them to, but my dads name is Micheal and recently he has been just putting me down and i just dont want Michelangelo to sound to much like micheal. IDK


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[Levi the Leopard]

I use fake plants indoors, too. I buy them from the 99cents store and Dollar Tree. Cheap, look nice and don't die.
I have never had my tortoises try to eat them. The fake plants look real to us but don't look like real food to them, so don't worry.

You can buy plants in the pots and put the whole potted plant in the enclosure. Your tort won't be able to reach the plants to eat it so the 1 year waiting rule won't apply.
If you'd feel more comfortable you can transplant the plant into a new pot with new clean soil then put that pot in there. Tort still can't reach the plant but any water run off will be safe.

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[jjsull33]

amazon.com has some terrarium plant kits, they are plants grown with no fertilizers and such that are shipped to you ready to be planted.

 

[Caboose]

Even if he did think the lamp is to hot, its at 97F, but he just does by even walk through the middle at all he walks around the side


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[Levi the Leopard]

If you leave the Redfoot named Rafael, How about Leonardo or Donatello for the sulcata to keep with the TMNT theme?
But give them a name you like, they sure don't care what they are called

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[luvpetz27]

If you leave the Redfoot named Rafael, How about Leonardo or Donatello for the sulcata to keep with the TMNT theme?
But give them a name you like, they sure don't care what they are called

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I like those!!

 

[mikeh]

Re: RE: So hows my enclosure, what else do i need?

The temp is now at 97F is that to high? And its a UVB


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

Your temp is fine. 100F is fine so is 105F, since its a large open space, the tort can walk far away from it if it chooses to. Don't place anything under the basking spot he could flip over on

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[Caboose]

Sooo do i, as of this day michelangelo will be known as Donatello.


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

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Now he is Donatello


My Sulcata Donatello[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[luvpetz27]

Love the new name!!

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Re: RE: So hows my enclosure, what else do i need?

Your temp is fine. 100F is fine so is 105F, since its a large open space, the tort can walk far away from it if it chooses to.

Yup. Especially if your humidity is 80% and 90% the higher basking temp is better.

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[Caboose]

I decided to keep the name Michelangelo


My Sulcata Donatello[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]