Recent content by COmtnLady

This would be better to put in your own thread(s) rather than in someone else's. When you spread things across the whole board, then want to reference them some time later, it proves to be difficult. If in your own threads its just a matter of finding the appropriate entry.

Welcome to the Forum. I don't see anything of concern on the plastron. The scratches probably happened from crawling over a stone with a sharp edge or similar. If you are really concerned, get a tube of the cheapest athlete's foot cream from the dollar store, and wipe a dab on the plastron...

"Leaves of three, let it be" Yes! You win! The itchy chemical stays active even when you'd think it was seriously dead, so if you glove-up and cut or pull it/pick it up/touch it, don't get any on your skin from the gloves or your clothes. If you try to burn it like other slash, the smoke...

Not meaning to butt in, Tom's giving great advice, but will anyhow - A longer soak is better. Tortoises do everything s-l-o-w-l-y, and ten minutes barely gives them time to realize they're supposed to be soaking. Keep them in nice lukewarm water (95f-ish) for at least a half an hour. Longer...

Welcome to TF! What's your tortoise's name? Please post plastron pics, and of your enclosure. FYI - I made the mistake of having a stone with sharp edges on it in the enclosure. It put a lot of dings in my tort's plastron before I figured out that was what was doing it. Sinking it down into...

Poor tortoise looks really dry. Do you have any backstory on it? The eyes look to be in need of some antibiotic eye drops to me, but let's ask @zovick and some of the more experienced members what specifically would be good to do. How is it eating? What have you offered it to eat...

? is that hyperbole? You really only need a couple inches to maybe 4 inches of coco coir with 3-4" Fine Orchid Bark on top. Or you could just do about 5-6" of bark only. You wouldn't fill up feet of base with coco coir. Consider the lower part the same as legs on a table - its a base that...

I'm not as knowledgeable about Sulcata as other members, but it looks ok to me. It doesn't look like "rot", but there is an uneven-ness, like its chipped a little. Take a nail file and smooth it a bit. Let's see what some of the others think. @Yvonne G @JoJosMom @Tim Carlisle

What you are planning sounds quite nice. Definitely provide protection from all sides and top. You don't want a bird or cat getting into the enclosure. (Or him climbing out...) 4x4 isn't very big. Can you make it 4x8? I'd have half of it double covered so that the first shade provider is...

FYI ~ Misters, foggers, sprayers, and some humidifiers put droplets into the air, rather than humidity. It is best to avoid them unless it is outdoors on a hot day. The droplets are too large and make it difficult for your tortoise to breathe, plus there is no way for your tortoise to get...

Everyone has to learn how to do it right. Don't listen to info you find in other places - The Tortoise Forum has the most up-to-date info for maximum health and the best life for a captive tortoise. Too much calcium is as bad as not enough. They only need a tiny pinch two or three times per...

I don't clean my substrate, other than picking up spilled food and any poop that happens. The springtails are there because there is something for them to eat. So do better "spot cleaning" They are actually a helpful thing because they get rid of the missed food scraps. You shouldn't need...

Wow!

We will need to wait until someone who knows Leopards answers, but I live at 8500 ft with a Red Foot. RF are a tropical species, so mine only goes outside when its exceptionally hot here (it seldom gets to 80F, so even on a hot day its usually only 70s, and nights are far too cold for a RF -...