Recent content by junerivers3

see, i had this whole enclosure set up with dirt from my yard and edible plants.. but i got a bit paranoid because i know PARTS of my yard got sprayed with weed killer 2/3 months ago so i dumped everything out and started from scratch. he’s coming from Andrew over at Arizona Tortoise Compound

i have a leopard tortoise baby (1-2 months old) coming in tomorrow (wednesday) in the morning. my shipment of coco coir dirt and repti substrate got delayed till friday so i won’t be able to put the designated substrate at the bottom of his set up until then. i was wondering, in terms of keeping...

Hi! That’s great to hear. I have a new leopard hatching coming in, and wanted to get more of a variety for him to eat.. what do you have available?

is this spring mix okay to feed? will be chopping it up along with a variety of weeds from outside, tortoise diet food, home grown Timothy grass, repti calcium, and buffalo grass. also working on planting a seed mix especially for tortoises. also how often should I sprinkle calcium on one baby...

new updated habitat: still missing some bowls/ bedding

the leopard tortoise is from a friend. it’s under a month old , and my friend doesn’t want it because her kids are too rough with it.

i found a nice dirt mixture from an old gardening area i used to have so i’m putting that for now. if i added a bit of the orchard bark (small pieces) would that be okay on one side?

at this point i’m just looking for some type of bedding to secure my tortoise for a day or two until my shipment comes in. i have a mixture that my bamboo trees are surrounded with. no pesticides or anything like that. would that work?

i have this special orchid potting mix. ingredients are only western fern bark, hardwood charcoal, and perlite.

for now can i use soil from my yard instead of the potting soil? it’s dryer and has no fertilizer or anything

it’s this.. i don’t know if it’s safe. it says it has no added dyes

I'm waiting for some coco coir to come in, for now I only have better-go orchid bark which I'm not sure is safe to use. are there any substitutes for now?

sorry I did take this standing up. the planter is a huge pot I'm not too concerned on size as I have raised many sulfates in here and this is just their home till they're bout a month old. I'm just new to leopard tortoise and wanna make sure everything is right. I have temp controls and testers...

Just finished setting up a habitat for my new baby leopard tortoise. i plan to upgrade it to a larger place when he’s a couple months. is this okay for now? i researched for the plants that i put in there and it says it’s safe. the piece of bark i put is just something i had in my gardening area...

thank you so much! do you think any of these succulents would be suitable as well?