Recent content by bprimm

Read toms thoughts on the link shared. I think I’m gonna change to encloses enclosure. Wonder if large sterilite bin is a good starter?

Thank you. I will address those concerns and read the link. Yes the night heat is from a ceramic bulb so no light emitted. I will get mor moist substrate . Also the uvb is zoo med for dessert tortoises but I have an a frame enclosure I put them in on nice days so hopefully they get most of their...

Update: moved right lamp up so hottest temp there is 105 and figured out that I have to put the thermostat a oil in soil for accurate temp read so now high there is 100-103

This is the younger one

Hello all. Got two new baby leopards. One is a couple weeks and the other is 4 months. Just wondering if the enclosure is good and if it’s too much heat? The left heat lamp is hooked to a thermostat that keeps it at 98 during day and 80 at night( placed near house so that temp is about 78 At...

Hello new keeper here. My desert tortoise I adopted a few weeks ago had a runny nose which escalated into bubbling and some wheezing sounds. Had him checked at vet who said it was uri and flushed his sinus or whatever it is and gave him two separate doses of antibiotics. Has gotten much better...