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No temp controlled area (yet), we ended up building a rock hide, that was under ground with shade cloth in over the 1/3 of the pen, (also had a tree over it) to provide the deep shade area. But we used the indoor pen at night and on non sunny colder days (not a lot of those this winter). But if...

Thank you for the kind words, I am sure she was ill, and we did give her the best we could. I am taking this opportunity to learn a bit more, as I want to eventually, when my wife is ready, adopt another one.

Never saw her on all 4 legs walking, it was always a crawl. Using the back legs to push.

This was when we got her, (before we redid the cage)

we We lived in Corona. Outdoor pen was is attached. All the plants were tortiose safe, all of the dirt was coco coir. The plants were all in tubs buried in the ground so the dirt didn’t mix with the coco coir and tubs raised and covered with rocks. There were no signs of eating any plants...

We didn’t brumate her, I don’t believe she ever was, could that be the cause? (I am new to tortoise, and we tried to give her a better life)

We are heartbroken that our tortoise passed away overnight, and we are trying to understand what could have happened. We suspect there may have been a power outage during the night, but when we checked, the cold side of the tank was still in the low 60s. We are not sure if that alone would have...

We are heartbroken that our tortoise passed away overnight, and we are trying to understand what could have happened. We suspect there may have been a power outage during the night, but when we checked, the cold side of the tank was still in the low 60s. We are not sure if that alone would have...

Great thank you! I got it. I got a I’ll keep the basketing light set up, in case of longer rainy stores. The generally plan is to have her outside as much of possible (I am in a little inland in Southern California, so we don’t get too many cold days. At what point should I get a uvb light? If...

Ok thank you! Now that I got the outdoors kinda situated, and the tortoise is now exploring (slowly) its new outdoor home and I just have to make a few minor tweaks, add a bit more soil, as it compressed a bit more than I thought and waiting daintdy loins, clover and pathos to glow. I wanted...

We are planning to bring her inside at night, for the time being, until my wife feels safer then I’ll build a night box (I saved room on one of the sides For that addition, but to do that I need to get power out there, which is a longer project. That a good point on the seeds, I might just have...

Hey, I wanted to kindly see if you have any criticisms of the current set up. I am missing 2 burrows (back corner and corner next to the soaking area, on the right side) and adding shadow over the water area (via a shade cloth over the enclosure) . But I wanted to see if I did anything wrong, I...

Yes, I found a place and ordered some! There were from posts about mixing it with playsand, is that advised or no? (There is so much contradictory information out there!) About there burrrow, should i let them build their own, or should a build a box with my spare wood, fill 1/2 with dirt, and...

Hello! I have a couple more question. The project took a little longer then I expected, as the there was an old trunk of a tree, which make it hard to dig into, and the 100 degree heat doesn’t help. However, that made me change my plants and do a semi raised box, (8 inch’s) so the tortoise can...

Thank you for your help! I got all of the materials, and planned out of build. Just have to dig some posts and trench for some netting underground over this next weekend.