Recent content by Laura Lynn

I do have a CHE, but I have not used it yet. Night temperatures hardly ever drop below 80, and he is kept outdoors. Should I use the CHE even with these conditions?

Hi! I've posted before about my leopard hatchling, Verne, shell softening, but this is beginning to reverse and the top and sides of his carapace are getting firmer, but the plastron is still kind of soft. I just wanted to share Verne's progress over the past two months. I got Verne from a pet...

I agree. I love little tort! I'll get the mvb first thing tomorrow! Thank you for your advice!

There is no window or plastic, there will be only a porch screen between him and the sun.

His enclosure is in a covered screened-in porch, aka "Florida Room". So it is outdoors, but it has protection from predators.

Ok! I'll ditch the coil bulb and move his enclosure to make sure he starts getting more natural sunlight. Thank you so much!

His enclosure is open-air and the dimensions are 2x4 feet.

Yes it is a coil bulb. It is raised 1.5 feet above his enclosure and the light covers about half of it. The warm side is always around 90 degrees, and the cool hide area is around 75. But because he is kept outdoors, the temperatures do fluctuate throughout the day. Humidity is also reliant on...

Hi everyone, I am very worried about my leopard hatchling. I bought him from a pet store almost two months ago and I know absolutely nothing about where he is from, who bred him, or exactly how old he is. He is about two inches long. His eyes were barely opening when I got him and he barely...