Recent content by FigsServant

I do have cuttlebones that are in both his inside and outside enclosure but he never touches them 😞 Thanks again for the advice. Always something to learn with these guys ❤️

Thank you all very much!! I will definitely scale back how much he can eat (he does normally have leftovers every day anyway) and I will use the teeniest tiniest bit of calcium thoroughly mixed in. Should I still only put calcium twice a week? I read on this forum to do calcium twice a week and...

Hey, thanks for the response. While I am not new to owning animals, I am very new to reptiles so I try to research as much as I can before implementing anything. I only put calcium on his food twice a week and it is the smallest pinch. What types of food can you suggest that I need to...

Also I meant to put that I also sprinkle Flower Power (I think that's what it's called) on top of his food and calendula flowers. He does like those. I've bought and also grew dandelions and he won't touch them.

Hey guys! Whats your thoughts on Repashy? My 1 year old Hermanns will not touch any food that has calcium or multivitamin powder on it. I read some articles where someone gives her tortoise Repashy (not sure on what type since I found a lot of different ones) twice a week since hers doesn't eat...

Wow, really? I was afraid of him not really having anywhere to go to cool down. Even his burrow at the heat of the day was 85. Maybe I am being a helicopter mom lol but I got so nervous seeing him in the same spot for an hour. He's usually a very active guy. I also wanted to mention, this is...

I forgot to include pictures in the first post. This is his area. I brought him back inside for now because although he was only out there an hour, every time I checked on him, he was in the same spot and hadn't moved. I temped him and he was 93 and ever since bringing him inside, he's stayed in...

Hey everyone! It's been a little bit but today is the first day I've let Fig outside to explore his enclosure and I'm a nervous wreck!! I bought bags of seeds from someone out in Vegas (recommended on here) to grow tortoise safe weeds (all the bigger plants are fake) and have grown out his...

The fake plants are because I read that the pesticides and fertilizers that big garden centers use can last in the plants leaves for a year.

So I am getting ready to start building an outdoor enclosure for my 11 month old Hermanns. I read that I need to build him up to it, starting with maybe a couple hours a day, then add more hours the next week, etc. He will not live outside full time. The goal is to bring him out in the morning...

Also thinking... could I safely use diamatacious earth in his enclosure?

Could you post a picture of it? You just place it at the bottom of the enclosure under the substrate?

I have noticed there are really small, crawling bugs in Figs enclosure now. I did a quick Google search and it's sounding like they might be springtails which I read don't really cause any harm to my tort. With that being said, how often should I replace all his substrate in his house? It's a...

Okay, I will back off a bit. Thanks so much for being helpful.

This is the one I got...I looked for the bag that didn't say LS but then I read somewhere that people were saying it's the red bag that tortoises like? Maybe I'm getting confused. I'm going to have to try to slowly introduce the hibiscus and dandelion flowers too...he doesn't seem to care for...