Hi! I just wanted to pop back on and say THANK YOU! I just went through those links you shared, and definitely learned a lot!! This is certainly going to adjust how we care for our Torterra! I cannot thank you enough!!
Hi Tom,
I completely understand that you are very passionate and blunt about tortoise care, that you want to ensure the safety and care of as many tortoises as you can, including helping others from making mistakes. It is certainly appreciated. I took no offense.
It just may be helpful to...
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I greatly appreciate you sending all of these links! I am definitely bookmarking them for quick access!
For your substrate, do you use a specific ratio for your coco coir/orchid bark mixture? Do you soak the orchid bark before you mix it in? When I use orchid bark for my bromeliads, I...
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These are great points all around, especially regarding the lighting and insects. Which has me wondering if the light setup we have may be the culprit for some of our issues. We planned on changing the lighting system anyway to something a bit more effective, but I am going to change that...
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There were a few reasons that our vet recommended we move away from coconut coir, but transparently, our vet is a huge advocate for bioactive environments for her reptile clients, especially tortoises. She recommends bioactive environments because they provide a more natural habitat, and...
Hi Tom,
Thank you for the welcome and for taking the time to reply. I appreciate you sharing that link; it's a great resource that I've consulted before, and I will definitely review it again.
The guidance we're currently working with from our exotics vet is to move toward a bioactive setup...
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I hope you're all doing well! I have been poring over the various threads on using organic topsoil for tortoises, specifically for Hermann's Tortoises. I am currently running into a bit of an issue where a lot of the organic topsoil that I am finding locally, and was hoping...