Recent content by Honeyman

This is a picture of what they are currently in. It's nothing special but it works great

I would love to share pictures of that custom enclosure, however I had to completely clean it out a few months ago. I'm very particular about cleaning and quarantining the the plants I get before they are placed in the enclosure, but I didn't get one of the plants good enough because I had an...

Hi everyone! I have a few questions regarding keeping live plants with one of my redfoots. All of my tortoises have live plants in there enclosure. These plants are all tortoise safe. The plant selection is usually prayer plants of several different varieties, birds nest fern, spider plants...

Magnus is doing amazing! He has turned into my most personable tortoise by far! I cannot thank you enough for all the help and for sending me such a great tortoise

My ancestors were bee keepers, that is where we get our last name but I do not. I only keep tortoises at the moment

That was actually my first thought was possible mites or something similar. There are springtails that have found their way into the enclosure and I did see some very small white bugs that I assume are soil mites, but I was under the impression soil mites don't bite. Is it possible that them...

That is good to know that the extra soaks don't hurt anything . I've seen that people say it doesn't do anything more then stress the animal and cause forced bowel movements but as always I trust your judgment and I know you have much more experience then I when it comes to our little shelled...

The Ceramic heat emitter is my only source of heat, besides the uvb does put off a very small amount of heat but it's negligible. it also isn't on the timer, the uvb is the only one on a timer. it stays on 24/7 since I have it on a thermostat. I will raise the temps a few degrees like you've...

The day time temps range from 82°f on the cooler end of the enclosure and 86°-88°f on the warm side. I use a ceramic heat emitter on a thermostat and a t5 5.0 shade dweller uvb on a timer. At night the temps drop to 80°-78.5°f before the CHE kicks back on. The humidity stays between 75-90%. The...

One of my northern redfoots is about 1.5 years old and has always made a squeak noise when it drinks or eats wet food. At first I was extremely nervous and contacted the breeder to let him know he made this noise, I also posted a thread on here( unfortunately the thread got combined with another...

I will definitely take your advice on this matter. I will also let you all know how this vet ends up being so I can help anyone else in my area. Thank you guys so much for all the help and being so kind. It really helps in these stressful situations!