Recent content by apjohnson

Me too! I think my Levi is the cutest thing ever in life! I've been looking at other species of turtle and just couldn't see having any other! :)

that was my hunch too, I was praying for confirmation on this thread! Thanks so much for your response! :)

In the short time I've had Levi, he hasn't shown interest in eating anything outdoors but today took a shining to this thorny weed in the gravel of my backyard. No idea what they are... Is it safe?

haha! yea I have a couple of those on my personal album. But, he is visible in the middle part of his home on two of the pics I put on this thread...they may have been too dark to notice him at first glance. :)[hr] Thanks Yvonne! I'm too excited to have found this forum online. There is just...

In the cooler area, I have coconut bark mixed with repti bark. In his hide box he has green felt designed for reptiles, on the basking side he has gravel from my backyard. I actually intended to gut out the platform when I first got it. But then I decided later it made more sense to leave it...

I have taken a child's platform/storage unit measuring 72" L X 27.5 W X 15 " H and created a 3 compartment home for my 5.5 inch Russian Tortoise, Levi. I varied the substrates in each section. He has a UVB flourescent & basking lamp in the hotter area. Temps rang from 87-90 in the hotter area...