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This picture was brought to me with the question of desert or sulcata. It was found outside in Tucson so could very easily be a desert baby! That said, we also have a ton of backyard sulcata breeders around so it's not implausible to be an escaped sulcata either. Just looking at this one pic...

I noticed that Pavona's plastron is a bit squishy. I know she's still young, and there should be some give, but it's never been noticeable until today... and I'm worried. She eats like a champ, her temps and humidity are great. She gets sunlight almost every day and nightly soaks. She was...

Bribery and store bought :( Pavona is definitely her own little tort, and a pain in my butt! I have both indoor and outdoor gardens for her. Planted with the exact same seeds. First, she refused to eat outside at all. I assumed it had something to do with a different planting soil and...

How much variety is enough? I have some small gardens set up for Pavona under her tank, but I was running out of seeds as she eats the entirety of the plants, leaving no roots or shoots for regrowth. I figure her gardens are too small and thus, she gets to everything before it has time to...

Thank you for pushing that rheostat idea @Speedy-1. After finding one for $40 at the pet store, we went to Lowe's and bought a $10 dimmer switch. Works like a charm!

Pavona won't eat the grass in her dish... in fact, she rarely touches the food in her enclosure at all. But we are growing her own garden that she gets to roam in for a bit a few times a day. Now, she has multiple plots to allow a few to grow while she mows down another, but here's the...

@Speedy-1, too dry! Our monsoon jipped us a few weeks worth of rain. Hoping it returns soon. It has cooled down though! Only hit 107* today. That unit was a little pricey, but definitely worth it in my book. I wanted to show off the rest of our homemade tortoise home now. We wanted to...

Remington used to quack in her soak. First time I heard it, I was a little shocked. It sounded exactly like a duck quack, albeit much lower in volume. She never did except while in her bath. Very strange indeed.

Sorry for the delay, my kids like the hospital! Most people have zero idea what a swamp cooler is unless they've lived in the southern US. I forgot that little tidbit when I was posting, so I apologize. What was really bothering me with my issues, is that they had been non-issues using...

So I will pull it all apart tomorrow and line up the sides with plastic as well to see if that helps. The top actually has that foil insulation lining on it, so I will leave that be. The settings are at 80% and 80*. The problem I'm having is getting an adequate basking spot without...

4' x 2'. Substrate is orchid bark and approximately 3" deep. Have a CHE and the (now 75w) basking bulb. Fogger and CHE are set with with a hygrotherm. All fixtures are taped with heat resistant tape to prevent humidity escape from edges. Front and back are plexiglass, sides, top, and bottom...

It's enclosed but a gallon of water keeps the humidity up for about 6 hours... if I'm lucky. And the second I open the tank to feed, grab her for her bath or outside adventures, etc., the air inside is immediately replaced by this disgusting hot air I live in. Humidity literally drops 8-12%...

I'm having some trouble. When it rains, it pours I guess because everything was perfect when I used this exact same set up for Remington last year. First, humidity. My reptifogger malfunctioned. I was able to fix it, but now I can't seem to get the balance inside the enclosure right. The...

After a very frustrating 5 days of refusing to eat while in her enclosure, Pavona showed a weight loss of 6g. She would graze a bit in her garden, but definitely not enough to sustain a growing baby! I finally changed her feeding dish and abracadabra 8g gain in 2 days! The African grasses are...