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    Winter Slowdown?

    I only have one. Why don't you come to San Diego and help me? :) also what do your salcatas soak in?
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    Winter Slowdown?

    I freak out about the rain too. I wish he lived inside :)
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    Winter Slowdown?

    Point taken. Sorry to hear about your friend. I really enjoyed his website when we first got Hardy but I did notice it hadn't been updated in a few years and I even tried to contact him regarding the heat issue and I never got a response. I assumed it was inactive. Do you have a website Tom?
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    Winter Slowdown?

    While I can appreciate advice and we are all here because we love our tortoises I think some overthink the heat. As you pointed out he may not want to be at the bottom due to the rain further confirms my thought that they are smarter than we give them credit for. Yes the Sarah/African desert is...
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    Winter Slowdown?

    All we had was one little heat lamp and he hated it. I'm not convinced he was overheated. From all the research I've done it seems like a lot of heat needs to be filtering into his house. His heat lamp was not that hot. He really doesn't like being enclosed. Even without the heat on and the door...
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    Winter Slowdown?

    Hi I have a 7 year old and I live in Cali. I used to worry constantly (and sometimes still do) because once we moved Hardy outside full time we got an insulated dog house, heat lamp, etc. and he hates it!! He refuses to stay inside. I used to hatch a lock to keep him in and raccoons out and he...
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