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    My girlfriend and I built our new Marginated a Tort Fort!

    Because it came up in this thread, I have decided to weigh in on the humidity discussion. Over the years the general consensus has become that there is a strong correlation between lack of humidity and pyramiding in tortoises. This is the reason there are so many posts and opinions about the...
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    What did I find in my backyard?

    That photo was what I thought was a good typical representation that I googled, not my turtle...don't currently have any box turtles.
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    What did I find in my backyard?

    One more interesting factoid for box turtle enthusiasts. I now live in Florida and having seen a few wild speciments have learned that the Florida box turtle (terrapene carolina bauri), actually a subspecies of the eastern box turtle (t. carolina carolina), look very similar to the western or...
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    What did I find in my backyard?

    I lived in Colorado for over 50 years and became familiar with the ornate box turtles. Red eyes, orange and yellow scales on forelimbs and striking large olive green head is common for the males. I Googled desert box turtles (Terrapene ornata luteola) and found these images. Some desert box...
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    Where do you put your temp/humidity gauge?

    ....peel (not peal) in my post above....I hate it when I mispell on a forum (get it?). Ha!
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    Where do you put your temp/humidity gauge?

    I purchased these Temp/Humidity displays on Amazon a couple of weeks ago....$6.99 for a pack of 4!!! Even came with 4 replacement batteries!!! I have used the readily available Accurite indicators and agree that they are not easy to mount or read inside a reptile enclosure or incubator although...
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    Hey guys (looking for hay)

    Forgot to say that you have to pick up at the store to get free shipping....
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    Hey guys (looking for hay)

    I buy 25L bulk bags of Mazuri LS online from Tractor Supply with free shipping if you have a store near you. Takes about a week to arrive. They also carry small (16 oz) timothy cubes for $5.00 and bulk bags (40 lb) of timothy and orchard grass hay for about $17 on sale if that would work for...
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    Can anyone help identify my tortoise?

    I found these pictures of juvenile desert tortoises online...
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    Degrees in farenheit vs Celsius?

    Another example for the common recommended basking temp of 95 Deg F... Using the second formula above, (95 Deg F -32) / 1.8 = 35 Deg C.
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    Degrees in farenheit vs Celsius?

    Using an online calculator/converter is the easiest but if you want to do it the old fashion way with a calculator or spreadsheet here are the formulas...Enjoy! :D To convert from Deg C to Deg F: Deg F = (1.8 x Deg C) + 32 To convert from Deg F to Deg C: Deg C = (Deg F - 32) / 1.8...
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    Looking for advice, please.

    bsfast, You are doing better than many new owners with your first tortoise. After re-reading your original post, I realized you didn't get much input on temperatures.... Sounds like the consensus on red-foot temps based on your research is a little lower than what I use for my leopard...
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    Looking for advice, please.

    Your habitat is beautiful and looks adequate for your hatchling/juvenile to me as it is (for now, a larger habitat will be required as the tortoise grows). It looks like your substrate holds moisture well, you have a couple of different humidity hides and plants, and what I think is a misting...
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    Pyrmiding

    Cleopatra, I realized that my previous post was way too wordy/preachy, repeated the obvious to experienced tortoise keepers, and it was hard to pull out any specific recommendations to try. I guess I was trying to target less experienced owners who hadn't seen or read much on pyramiding and...
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    Pyrmiding

    Pyramiding in tortoises is complex subject that often comes up in this forum, books, and periodicals. If you search on this topic for related threads in this forum you will find a number of posts. The actual cause(s) of pyramiding have been debated for many years. The following is a summary...
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