Thanks for the insight. I really do appreciate it.
Good to know that I can eliminate the heat mat in favor of an over head heat source.
Since I’m in the process of putting together a new indoor habitat for wintering over, I will separate them and see how that goes.
Thanks again for...
I should say that I do respect other people’s experience, good and bad, with keeping a pair of tortoises.
It’s been pointed out to me that the pairing behavior that I observe is in fact aggression and bullying behavior.
I would accept this except for a couple of things I have observed...
Yes. They are a pair and they live together all the time. They interact constantly and usually wander around their outdoor enclosure together.
In the winter, they have a much smaller indoor space and spend a lot of time side by side on their heat mat.
They actually are quite attached to...
Here in CT it’s been staying really warm. There’s been one cold night that we brought them in but that’s been it so far.
Looks like by next week they will be in at night. I try to stretch their outdoor season as long as possible. Our winters are long and these two are big torties! Getting...
Thanks! I really appreciate the info. They’ll be coming back inside for the winter soon so I’m prepping
My two torties are adult red foots so while i don’t have hatchling concerns (yet) there seems to be nothing that my male won’t taste, lol. He samples everything so I do worry about what he...
I’m also in CT and just about ready to bring my two (large) adult red foot torties in for the winter.
I’m in the process of converting an old dining table into a tortie table. Hope to have it ready in another week or so.
Came here to research best indoor substrate. Are we still liking...