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    Quacking Redfoot

    I've only had her a little more than a month. She doesn't have any RI symptoms, but she did come with one. She's a lot more active than she was when I first got her. She just quacks. I mean she honestly sounds like a teeny duck. It's usually directed at my husband, but it seems to be...
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    Quacking Redfoot

    My redfoot, Amelia Pond, quacks at me and my husband. Most of the time it is during her soaks, but we recently had some nice weather in the high 70s so I took her out for some sunshine. She was quacking at me there, too. Is non-mating related quacking normal, or is she trying to steal my...
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    I'm glad you guys are here

    It is funny you asked that... I was just letting it drop to room temperature (72), and my husband was just asking me about the night temperature in there. He was worried about her getting too cool at night. I've seen the ceramic heat emitters. I'll have to grab one.
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    I'm glad you guys are here

    I suspect the RI came from, the reptile show I purchased her from, the vendor, or going outside multiple times on a 40 degree day (the day I bought her). I bought her Sunday, and Thursday evening she was whistling. Her habitat is brand new. I had just built and set it up. It is current...
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    I'm glad you guys are here

    I've had my tortoise a week. When I picked her out, she was active, dry eyed, and didn't shy away from us. Prior to buying her I asked you all questions, browsed the forums and learned a lot. On Thursday I came home from work and put her in her soak tub. I heard her whistling. I called...
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    Our new girl

    Yeah. I actually have that bookmarked in my phone. I stood in the greenhouse looking at plants I liked, then looking them up there.
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    Double checking Uvb bulb

    I have the one I brought her home in. It's fairly deep and black. Thanks for clarifying, because I would have just had her hanging out in her bowl a couple times a week.
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    Our new girl

    I have a separate hydrometer and thermometer. I saw the digital ones in a few pictures, and thought they were nice. I've been exploring some options for closing in the top instead of the 1/2 x 1/2 inch mesh. I have a couple paper designs I've worked up to show my dad. I am also kicking...
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    Double checking Uvb bulb

    Oh! I really like that enclosure. I wonder if I could get away with some sort of "buffet table" style top so we can still look in and enjoy, but have the benefit of not struggling with humidity. I was sitting here engineering a substrate irrigation system, because I am able to get humidity...
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    Our new girl

    Thanks for the humidity info! I was misting the coco bark. I'll be sure to get the dirt beneath it from now on! She's already been walking around checking things out, and munching on the Dahlia's I put in a pot for her. (Repotting the plants I got her to take them out of soil with perlite...
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    Double checking Uvb bulb

    I have no measured. It is big enough to put my finger through.
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    So, you want a tortoise......

    Have gone through all of this in the past two weeks, this is well put. My decision was not a whim. This is something I have wanted since I was about 10 years old. Through the whole process, for me lighting was the most difficult thing to supply. I love to garden, and I have a huge one...
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    Double checking Uvb bulb

    The rooms stays about 70 degrees year round. It's basically my office. I work from home a couple days a week, and I am in there a lot in the evenings. I bought a red-foot. Right now she's about a 4 inches. I picked the one that was the most active, and did not shy away when I picked her...
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    Our new girl

    I've been posting for about a week, and asking a thousand questions. Thanks everyone so much! I'm glad you're here. We finally bought our tortoise. She's a little girl. My daughter has named her Amelia Pond. This is her very very temporary home. She has a 4x8 Tortoise table that will be...
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    Double checking Uvb bulb

    Thanks for the information. I will look into the HO bulbs. In any case do I have to worry about too much UV? I've built a 4x8 table and I putting it in a room about 5 feet from double glass doors leading out to my deck. The room has a southern exposure, and gets TONS of sunlight through...
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