Recent content by Judy@SYR

Hi Yvonne! Thanks for the shout-out! What a beautiful little tortlette you got there! For anyone concerned about the safety of these little beauties during shipping, please know that we've shipped thousands of tortoises with great success. If you go to our website at ShipYourReptiles.com...

Please, do NOT use these for shipping live animals! These things have contributed to more deaths than any other component of shipping. They burn way too hot and then don't last very long. They can cook your animal and then leave it exposed to freezing temperatures before it ever arrives at...

Hi @Frogg.Queen ! The safest way to get your tortoises from Hawaii to the mainland would be to ship them with ShipYourReptiles. They would go Priority Overnight through FedEx. Our website provides all the supplies you need to successfully ship them, and our FAQ pages answer just about...

Here's an article I wrote about moving reptiles cross-country: http://thereptilereport.com/u-haulin-reptiles/ My hubby is in the Air Force and we've done MANY of these moves with a variety of reptiles, including a small tortoise. It's a good idea to carry a large tub with a heat lamp and basic...

Too cute to use as cutting boards! :tort::D

Sorry for the delayed reply...I don't get on much during the weekends. Thank you all very much for the kind comments! There are two long pieces of wood (painted black) that go across the width of the enclosure and are secured at each end with velcro, so I can adjust them to accommodate...

Oh, and here's Mira, my constant companion. She didn't want to be left out!

I don't get to post often, but I wanted to give an update on my little Indian star tortoise, Sarra. I've had her for just over a year now and I just love her to bits! This is the enclosure we've built for her, a book case laid on its back, with some modifications. My dear husband did the...

Could you build an outdoor enclosure with a bottom that sits ON TOP of the rubber mulch? Something that fits into a corner or side of the yard, with high walls that you can fill with soil and plant with grass, weeds, and other goodies? If you can get the soil deep enough in the "box" then the...

I would definitely do all I could to be involved with something like this. We're currently living in Virginia, but have lots of close family in the D/FW area, so it wouldn't be hard for me to fly out there. My hubby graduated from UTA but I had no idea they had such an amazing herpetology...

"You OK Baby? I'm not too heavy, am I?" :p:tort::<3:

Yeah. If you ever see an Australian (living in Australia) posting pics of ball pythons, corn snakes, tortoises, or the like...then 99.9% of the time, they are illegal (or lying). They do have their own selection of amazing native reptiles to keep, including Fly River turtles, which are...

Laws in Australia are very strict. They do not allow the importation of any exotic animals (or exportation of native animals) at all. Only professional zoos and the like get exceptions. Your friend won't be able to get a sulcata or any other tortoise. :(

If you want a Stephen King story that goes on and on, check out the Dark Tower series. (Starts with The Gunslinger) It's a totally different type of story from It and the others, but it's got a lot of creepy in it and the characters are amazingly diverse and rich. One of my all-time favorite...

One more thought that comes to mind, specifically about the focus on pyramiding as a problem. Pyramiding is one of the few obvious clues that something may be wrong with a tortoise. In an online forum, all we can go by is visual clues, and those visual clues are limited to the quality of the...