Recent content by arami25

Hey Rosemary, Thanks for the feedback and concern. Yes, I did decide on keeping the enclosure temperatures up at 75-80 F by using the basking spot and the CHE. At night, I turn on my electric heater to warm up my room and keep it mid 70s. He seems to be responding a little better, his appetite...

Okay, thank you for the information. I will continue my substrate search! So if the cypress mulch is reddish in color or brown it’s still safe for tortoises to be on and dig into? It doesn’t have wood oils harmful to the tortoise? I remember I bought wood shavings as some bedding and you...

Thanks! I will be very careful

Yeah I could do that. At that point its the space I have to worry about. Since I am a college student I room with other people in the same apartment and I only have my bedroom to work with and that wouldn't fit at the moment. I am striving to get my own place next year so I will definitely...

Okay, thanks. I did have a question about the dirt though. How come I've seen people on the forum suggest buying cypress mulch in bulk at a hardware store but you just said that stuff can have chemicals? I live in an apartment complex so I wouldn't be able to use the dirt around here...

Also, I've examined him VERY thoroughly and he's not sick or showing signs of sickness. He is pretty strong and walks away from me quite quickly.

Hey everyone, I have an adult male russian tort named Little Foot. I live in Atlanta, GA and the outside temperatures here have been around 35-45 F for most days but at the peak of the day it can get up to 60 F. I can definitely tell that my tortoise wants to find a nice, dark, cool place to...

Hi Tom! Thank you for sharing your experience with me. Now I know that I'm not the only one seen my tortoise doing that :D. I checked his mouth right before he was getting ready for bed and he probably hates me now. I just felt so bad but I knew it was for his own good. He's okay though. Maybe...

Hey, Checked his mouth (turns out Sunshine is a male haha) and I don't see anything but a pretty pink mouth and tongue. What is that symptom for? I'm curious. It sounds like a fungus..

She is READY for that watermelon :D LOL too cute

WHAT!!? OMG MY SUNSHINE IS A BOY! so...maybe HE was trying to mate with the soil? hahaha! I guess I'll have to change his name to Little Foot (from the Land Before Time) Thank you so much for the help!

Thanks for the feedback :) I do have an LED light that I bought. I got it from Pangea Reptiles website. When I bought her the sellers told me it was a female. Can you help me confirm that? Here's a quick photo

Pictures of her enclosure.

It's a very faint hissing noise, I have my volume cranked up to 100 and I can hear it at 0:03 seconds. Here are the photos of her place. I went ahead and re-wet her substrate (coconut coir). I've been hesitant about cypress mulch because I can't seem to find one that is organic or not sprayed a...

No not recently, she did have some after I bought her but I gave her her medicine according to the vets orders. The vet said she had pin worms and something else that I can't think of off the top of my head. I will look for the receipt and get back to you on that. I'm going to soak her and watch...