Recent content by Fangorn

I'm setting up an enclosure for a bebe and am trying to get the basking spot dialed in. I have a 100w incandescent bulb on a rheostat at about 60% power. Anyway, since I have an abundance of thermometers right now, I thought I'd compare. The leftmost is an Inkbird ITC 308T thermostat that the...

I found the juvenile marginated I was looking for (currently dubbed Captain Tiny but that will change once we meet) and am in the process of getting everything setup. Hooray! However, I am a dingbat and when designing the enclosure, did not account for substrate in my lid height measurement. As...

I read that as "Cart wheel for a tortoise" and thought "heck ya, I'll do a cart wheel for tortoise!" I hear they are big gymnastics fans.

Took this while sitting at my desk recently. Rude.

Here's my boxie, Ishmael, in full sploot under his heat lamp. Before anyone asks, he was a rescue and came with the paint on him. I think it's very old house paint as it did not come off at all when I tried to gently scrub it. They also drilled a hole in his shell to tie him up. :(

He went to or will go to a different home. The person who had him was not in a huge rush to rehome him.

My brain completely mis-processed the first photos. I thought the light colored anal scute was something exuding from her skin. Oi. I'll stop talking now. Best of luck.

Hwy 5 though... uuugh. I've done that drive more times than I can count. Two summers ago I was visiting a friend in San Diego when I came down with covid the day before I was supposed to fly home. I decided not to potentially infect a plane load of people so instead I rented a car and drove from...

Do redfoots have femoral pores? If it was an iguana that's what I would suggest. :)

So, um does anyone in the Inland Empire-ish area of SoCal want to check out a tortoise for me? I'll send you cookies (or pay you for your time if you prefer. I make good cookies though.) I'm considering doing something ridiculous like flying there and driving back. Life is short, right?

They look like Eastern Hermanns to me from the splotchy black stripes on the plastron.

I decided I can't do it. Too much heartache involved. My 70 year old box turtle passed away 6 or so months ago and I don't think I'm ready to possibly go through that again.

It's a person. I asked for a background and the response was "He was rescued by a friend of mine from a house with a ton of abandoned pets. We took him because my kiddo is obsessed with turtles but we don’t have the space for him to give him a quality life.” But they also said he is 8 years old...

That was my thought too. Mine sploot out like that but as soon as they realize I'm there, immediately adjust. I did have a picture of him eating some dandelion flowers but I can't find it now. I'll probably meet him this weekend and assess.

Someone just offered me this tortoise (rescue situation). Maybe he's having a nice sun bath but I don't think any of mine ever relaxed like this outside. He looks a bit flat. I'll still take him, I'm just wondering if I'm in for a world of vet bills then heartbreak.