Recent content by Autiwara

Yep, I swapped places, swapped hides but he would just sit in that one particular hide regardless of placement. But I guess he reads my posts because he finally decided he wanted to sleep in it tonight of all nights 😂

How can I get my tortoise to use his other hide more? He refuses to use any of the hides I provide except for the wooden bridge hide he has had since forever, right now he has a big apple crate on the cool side (27-28⁰) and he still chooses the bridge hide. At first I just thought he might only...

I sometimes give my redfoot dried (rehydrated) seaweed and he loves it, but I saw this kelp powder at work and I'm wondering if it would be beneficial for him? I know probably most can't read norwegian but the important stuff is still understandable I think. I attached a pic of the kind of kelp...

I've considered it but I'd probably need to turn the soil anyway and the bark would then mix with the soil

I know, that's why I need to fix this but I don't know how to keep the humidity high and the temps correct without the soil becoming wet. That's my problem.

The new enclosure holds humidity maybe a bit too well (80-95%), so there's a lot of moisture collecting at the plastic cover that drips down into the soil and makes it wet. I try to turn the soil whenever I see that it's too moist, but today I noticed there's a lot of mold forming on the...

Thanks! I'm pondering if I could add a second story to my build...

I'm trying to plan ahead for when he outgrows his new and current one, and I'd love some inspiration! My country is too cold to keep him outside in, so outside enclosures are a no-go. I'd also love to hear how you made your enclosure 😊

I have a pulse thermostat connected to my CHE and after lots of tweaking it's now 27⁰ on one side and 29-30⁰ on the other. Is this ideal? I also bought the planter to have upside down, but it ended up too small and he just bulldozes it around the enclosure if it's not laid like this. :') Would...

My screenname doesn't mean anything special, it's just what I usually use when signing up for different sites so I don't forget my user :)

Well I'd be pretty surprised if that's the case considering he might be female, I'm just used to calling him a he 😂 but honestly I'm just waiting for any definitive proof of one or the other

I measure his shell by the tail with a laser thermometer. I've always thought that 27⁰ was way too low for them 😅 Since he got pneumonia as a hatchling I've been pretty scared of it happening again even though I know adults are way hardier. The bit about protein-heavy meals is pretty...

Is it any special type of orchid bark or just untreated? I live in a different country so I'm not sure what to search for

My god he just scared the crap out of me!! He was making a lot of noise after the lights went off and I was writing this so I went to check on him and he was in his tub doing something weird with his head! He was stretching his neck really far up, then under water and then all the way into his...

I recently built my 7 year old tort a new enclosure, L210xD80xH66cm and got him a new tub because he loves to soak. He was wary of it at first because the tub is black and he can't see the bottom, but now he spends more time in it than anywhere else. I'm worried because he'll often choose to...