No worries! I'll do some research and worst case scenario I just rebuild his lighting setup. My health is slowly improving, so it shouldn't be too challenging for me these days. Plus its for the Shell Baby and I always love making new stuff for him, lol! :)
Thanks again, you've been so...
Wow, you're amazing for noticing and then tagging me! Im not sure how I missed that about Mercury vapor bulbs, I'm usually pretty good about keeping up with that stuff (though these past couple years have been filled with a bunch of medical BS for me so I've been a bit more distracted than...
Oh my goodness!!!! I love this so much!!! You have such beautiful torts and a wonderful painting style!
I'm an artist and redfoot parent as well and I've always wanted to do a painting of my little guy. Thanks for the inspiration!
Some torts just LOVE to climb... Mine is a teenage (mutant, ninja) redfoot and he climbs up stairs or onto my bed all the time. He loves it. Does it for fun--as soon as he gets up on something he climbs back down so he can do it again. It's almost like he's... I dunno... showing off or...
My tort and I are following your build--we're moving in September to an entirely different climate, so there will be a build in our future as well. Also wanted to add that I've found quite a few "dream enclosures" and inspirations on Pinterest, and some great ideas to keep humidity from escaping...
Oooohhhh yes, my tort and I have plans to install radiant heat throughout the house when we move... Although we're moving to Arizona, so maybe it's just as well that I keep the air off, lol
This reminds me of the story about the penguin who fell in love with a life-size cutout of an anime character that was in his enclosure at a zoo in Japan. He would just sit there and stare at it all day, and when they took it away he became extremely depressed and his health started declining...
Something similar happened to me. It turned out to be a dried-out drain. They were coming in from the drain and were attracted to my tort's food (he's a redfoot so grasses greens and fruits--obv it was mostly the fruit they liked).
I remedied the drain using a restaurant bleach-gel made for...
This thread makes me laugh bc of my own experiences with "tortoise puberty". My little dude will show off to anyone and anything -- and he has a romantic attachment to his rubber duckies and my feet... He's a very confused young man.
He's so snuggly and good with kids but since he's started...
My lil guy loves car rides too, or at least his body language while we're in the car is similar to that of other "enjoyable" activities (like when I give him "treat" fruits like bananas).
But yeah, drew54, you're absolutely correct, we have no idea what's going on in their little heads.
Why...