Love the tort that is reading! Gorgeous!Noms and helping me with my reading.
Troggy is my favorite ever dinosaur. I love him to bits.
Love the tort that is reading! Gorgeous!Noms and helping me with my reading.
Troggy is my favorite ever dinosaur. I love him to bits.
What I said is baking soil stinks !I have been baking the dry sphagnum moss I buy from Home Depot in an effort to kill off any creepy crawlies before I soak it. I did it for 30ish minutes at 200F. I still have these weird little gnats that popped up, though, so I might need to bake the substrate, too. @Grandpa Turtle 144 said it was stinky to do, though hahaha, so I was trying to avoid it!!
Testudo Mix is here:
http://www.tortoisesupply.com/TestudoMix
Millie loooooves it. It started sprouting within 48 hours and by the end of the week the plants in my tray were taller than her! @ZEROPILOT told me that it had things like carrots and radishes in it I think, but the way she's going through it I'll probably never get to find out LOL.
It's also what @Rutibegga had in their amazing enclosure! I am going to seed my substrate, too...sooo excited for that! I bought a new light to try and encourage plant growth on the non-basking end, but now I have to figure out how to mount it
I'll be obliged to have an enclosure made. I'm afraid there is little or NO care for animals here, particularly tortoises that live in the wild, and are considered 'toys' for the very young children, as Adam put it.
What I said is baking soil stinks !
Thanks for the link! I'll definitely will check it out!! I don't know if you have seen this yet in another thread, but a guy named alaskamike details nicely an idea for enclosure and option if you're not a builder, so check it out. It's actually in a thread about a rescue tort, real sweet story! I hope I can give the link correctly... Let's see... http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/bubbles-galore.125234/ if that didn't work I can try again... It's called bubbles galore. It's at the end of the thread.
Pleasure is mine!So happy you've joined this thread, @Gillian Moore ! I know you have some great Oli stories to share!
Pleasure is mine!
Oh yes, I have a lot of stories about OLI, but I'm afraid I won't be able to post pics, so please forgive me.
Thanks for posting such an interesting and unique thread.
I saw mention in there of the Mist King system. I've been reading about it a bit! Did you get the starter system or one of the others? I'm wondering if it's hard to operate and set up, or not too bad for a newbie to this concept?
I'll be obliged to have an enclosure made. I'm afraid there is little or NO care for animals here, particularly tortoises that live in the wild, and are considered 'toys' for the very young children, as Adam put it.
I don't know what you are saying here. And who is Adam?
It turns out the Mist King wasn't needed. The enclosure is plenty humid without it--in fact, it was above 90% for the first few weeks and we were actively trying to decrease the level. It's now a steady 75 to 80, though I'm watching the numbers as it cools down and our heat kicks on.
Correct.Adam is @Tidgy's Dad and Gillian is in Jordan, I believe
Nephelle has answered this post of yours and apologies for not having been clear enough.I don't know what you are saying here. And who is Adam?
Nephelle has answered this post of yours and apologies for not having been clear enough.
Tidgy is such a pretty girl wifey and you make great tortoise mum and dad!Hello!
I am Adam.
This is a marvelous thread, most splendid.
Every day is like a new day with my darling Tidgy, I will never be an older owner.
She was near death when i rescued her 4 years ago and now.
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Wifey and I can't have kids.
This is our baby girl who we love very much.
Thanks, Nephelle.
So sorry...I'm new here. It's great this forum connects people all around the world through love of tortoises!Nephelle has answered this post of yours and apologies for not having been clear enough.
Hello!
I am Adam.
This is a marvelous thread, most splendid.
Every day is like a new day with my darling Tidgy, I will never be an older owner.
She was near death when i rescued her 4 years ago and now.
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Wifey and I can't have kids.
This is our baby girl who we love very much.
Thanks, Nephelle.