Recent content by brodie7838

I feel this pain so much and I'm very sorry you're experiencing this. I once re-homed a loved pet when I was too depressed to provide proper care. I beat myself up for it hard but now the sadness and grief is greatly outweighed by the reassurance that they went someplace better so I could also...

I figured this to be the case, I always make sure to support her legs after reading one of your posts about it here and being wrapped in the towel seems to be even better. She's normally very shy but wrapped in the towel she puts her neck way out and is curiously gawking at everything in sight...

I've been wrapping Taco in a towel to carry her back from her morning soak on account of it still being a bit chilly here. The first time I did this she wanted nothing to do with it but her demeanor changed quickly once she felt the fabric, and now she will nestle in and stay in there for...

Ah yeah that makes sense ha funny you should mention this because it was actually my first idea before I had to tell myself I was doing too much; I like to overengineer stuff lol I may or may not have used joist hangers in the making of this thing but if there's ever a tornado here you know...

My project is a fully-enclosed indoor habitat that will be 4'x8' and 3' tall. It has 2x4 walls on a 2x6 platform, so I'll be able to wire, plumb, and insulate it like a little mini house. In theory, I shouldn't need much wattage to maintain it. My bigger aim is to have the heating elements...

I've looked over many (all?) of the heating solutions being sold for reptile/tortoise enclosures and it sort of seems like the best tools available are Ceramic Heat Bulbs, Deep Heat Projector Bulbs, or Radiant Heat Panels - these options feel a bit underwhelming and definitely not scalable so I...

Thanks everyone! I've read so many of your posts on here recently and looking forward to more!

Lol so I stumbled across this post while learning about my new friend and figured I should finally create an account - it took a minute but Taco is settling in with us really well in a bigger temporary enclosure while I build a new 4'x8'x36" one. She got some sunshine on the one warm day we...