Recent content by Fireflyfarm

Thanks to all for the replies. It's so hard to find feeding info for a newbie like me. The persimmon's are Japanese varieties and are essentially seedless. The birds peck at them on the tree and they fall to the ground. They just spoil there unless the deer or raccoons come up to clean. It'd be...

Hi all, does anyone know if persimmon is safe for MEP's to eat? Leaves and fruit. I have several Japanese persimmon trees dropping ripe fruit. Seems a shame to let it go to waste. I have Red Foot's too. Think they can have some?

Glad your elephant ears are doing well Mike. Mine love them so I figured yours would too. Let me know when you need more. I have TONS!

Thanks all, we're still in the process of planting it all out. I'm going to build a trellis with a vine of some sort on it. Perhaps muscadine or Passion flower. We're also putting out more bananas. The MEP LOVES the elephant ears, but he doesn't seem to eat the bananas...yet. I grow them for him...

They look great Mike, I love how mine stalks his worms. They're so fun to watch.

He had one yesterday. He's settling in well. Eating, hanging out in his water dish, and active in the late afternoon primarily. I don't see him moving much in the morning, but hell, I'm not a morning person either. We had an overcast day today and the greenhouse temps still reached 80. That...

They do look like little dinosaurs. Like you said, it's the eyes. I'll have some small growing Alocasia and colocasia ready in about 6 weeks. PM me with your address and I'll send you some. We own a small nursery that grows tort friendly plants. Severn

Here it is taking down a dwarf elephant ear. He loves these things!

Thanks for your reply Mikeh! Very helpful. That puts our mind at ease a bit. It is very alert...just laid back. Much different than our redfoots. They were all into everything from day one! How about a bm? Nothing that we can find since Wednesday. I just checked this morning. He's eating...

We're watching him right now. The GH temp has been 85 during the day since we got it. I know that's plenty warm. This is just temporary until the temps moderate a bit here. It's been unusually cold for the last few weeks. Then it'll go outside where it belongs. I got it from the TortForum for...

Here it is! Safe and sound in our greenhouse. Meet Petraea.

Great looking torts! How are you housing them? I can't wait for mine to arrive. Hopefully next week.

Our two, Chigua and Spartea, enjoying breakfast in the greenhouse.

Greetings again to everyone, after months of waiting, we are finally getting our first MEP! It's in southern Cali right now and will soon be here in south Louisiana. Obviously it's not acclimated to our colder temps at all. Right now our plan is to keep it in our greenhouse on cold...