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    Redfoot Tortoise Threw Up

    Did you poke it with a stick or something to get a sense of its hardness?
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    Redfoot Tortoise Threw Up

    Here's a data point for you. The first time I fed my redfoots bananas they also threw up. I've heard redfoots are really fond of bananas so my theory at the time was that I gave them too much and they simply ate too much in their excitement. Similar situation where they went into their hide and...
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    Flipped Cherry Head Detective Work

    Food was delayed that day so that might be what she was up too. I think I'll take it out for now. They are just some Pothos from a big box store rinsed and re-potted. It was a variety that does slightly better in low light because there's a plastic cover that's not quite transparent. It was...
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    Flipped Cherry Head Detective Work

    That's a thought That bar is there because the mulch has compressed/decomposed over time. Getting a mulch refill was actually already on the docket for yesterday before she had flipped this weekend so the bar is covered now. One less thing at least. last time she flipped in was in her water...
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    Flipped Cherry Head Detective Work

    Any tip for a tortoise that likes to climb walls?
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    Flipped Cherry Head Detective Work

    Cherry has flipped her self again but this time in a different spot. Right where the dark spot is, under the planter and too the left of the ceramic pot. At the time the red hide was pretty close to where she flipped, but she has since moved the red hide around. I'm trying to to figure out...
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    Substrate Depth?

    Will Cherry heads lay eggs in cypress mulch if its deep enough, or will I want to think about different substrate mixtures if she decides to start laying?
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    Substrate Depth?

    I'm designing a larger enclosure for my 2 cherry heads (who live separated). Right now I have 7in of cypress mulch, which seem seems to be working well. But they are only 3 or so and still growing. I'm hoping for this new enclosure to be suitable for when they are fully grown. Is 7in deep enough...
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    Grow light and Pothos safety

    Hello, My tortoises are getting bigger so I'm designing a new enclosure for them. With the new set up I'd be able to put in some wire shelves (something like these https://www.uline.com/BL_149/Epoxy-Wire-Shelving) and put some planters with some dangling plants like pothos to give them quite a...
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    Flipped tortoise making whistling noise

    Forgot to come back to this one. I leveled out the area and switched to a terracotta dish. Cherry is doing fine, and she stopped making the whistling noise by the next morning. Thanks for the help everyone!
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    Flipped tortoise making whistling noise

    So she breathed in some water or something while upside down and that rattling around?
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    Flipped tortoise making whistling noise

    I'll get that sorted then. Do I need to be concerned about the whistling noises?
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    Flipped tortoise making whistling noise

    Any recommendations for cleaning terracotta? I used soap to clean and disinfect it absorbed to soap which didn't seem ideal for them?
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    Flipped tortoise making whistling noise

    It plastic if that makes a difference. I was having trouble cleaning the terracotta because it's so porous.
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