Recent content by CaggyQ

Yes, @COmtnLady I’m aware of that, but thank you for checking in 😊❤️

Hi Alex, You’re a superstar - thank you for the update! The idea of a tray with freshly sprouted greens is a brilliant idea. He’d love that! I’ve also ready ordered some orchid bark; I think I’ll get some large flat pebbles for him to try as well. Just want to keep him engaged and happy. 🐢

Hi everyone! So sorry for not updating: had a busy few months. So I have acquired a raised plant bed that’s large enough to be a tortoise table. I got some pond liner too for the inner lining, and have been buying some pot plants for tort friendly plants for him to hide 💕 I have a substrate...

As always, thank you so much for all of your advice - @Littleredfootbigredheart! :) I am not the biggest fan of coir myself... It dries out very quickly. I have gotten a Mediterranean sand/soil mix and some orchid bark to offer more enrichment. I want him to be able to dig in deep! I also found...

Hi everyone! Little update: his enclosure is going to be constructed this weekend. 🥳 He needs it a wider one just to facilitate roaming. I have a little side question - I’m using Mediterranean soil tortoise substrate, and it’s drying out pretty quickly. How can I keep it most without potentially...

Brilliant. I’ll look into that! I’ll send photo updates as it progresses 😊

Such a valuable point, but unfortunately Yoshi hails from Ireland. 🇮🇪 So keeping him inside and cosy is a must! He’s also a Russian tortoise - that’s also another reason why I’m upgrading cause he’s grown out of his current one 🐢

Thank you so much for this! 🐢 do you think I could use laminate flooring as well to reinforce the bottom and then put pond liner on top of that? Just to make it extra waterproof! 😉 I am going to recycle some of his old materials for it as well: he has a lighting setup with rod poles that I’m...

Hi everyone, I want to give my little buddy a new enclosure to match my office, but I want to make it myself to avoid excessive design costs and make it look good (it's in my office, where I work). I was looking at bookshelves as a starting point, but am I right in saying something like this...

Hi everyone, I was bathing Yoshi today and I noticed a slight change in his shell, and I just wanted to know what you all thought! Does this look like shell rot to you? And if so, how would you recommend I treat it? Also, when I got him as a hatchling his scutes were elevated; I’ve been...

Thank you so much everyone! I did use a clamp, but changed it with the advice given on the forum in a previous chat. I’m so grateful for advice like this because it’s so easy to trust in a product and expect it to do what it needs to do. I have an extension chord for one of my thermostats, but...

Hey everyone! I just have a general question that I thought might be worth the discussion. How do you make sure your tortoise tables are safe and you are mitigating the risk of a fire? 🤔 I have two thermostats, that are monitoring things from each end of the table, but I’m just wondering if...

I’ve been meaning to post about him for so long! It took him a long time to come round, but now he’s back to his usual nosey self. I am delighted. 😁 And you’re right… I have a funny feeling that aloe is going to be his new favorite thing 😂

Hi everyone, Just wanted to update you all with a little photo, featuring a very hungry and lively tortoise. 😉 Thank you both so much for all of your help! Yoshi also took a rather large chomp off the side of the aloe vera plant shortly after this photo was taken 😂

Oh my goodness I’d never take any advice at all in the wrong way! When I ordered this, I was wanting an 8x4 but because I am living at home at the moment I had to compromise. My intention is to use this as part of his outdoor enclose, so I didn’t see it as a waste of money! I have a friend who...