Recent content by Liljae9263

Huh, I always thought it was better to have predictable temps for them so it’s “cozier”. I like the idea of a raised platform with heat. So would that mean having 2 heat lamps and they rotate their schedules throughout the day? For example: one lamp is on for the first half of the day and then...

I didn’t even know that exists ! Thank u! I will look into it ! ☺️

Yes my goal is to one day have a house that has lots of outdoor space. Maybe near future it would be nice to move up to a place that has a balcony or patio I could actually set him up in. The apartment I’m in rn has a patio but it’s all concrete, tiny, and the neighbors kids r always going in it...

Does he ? 😭 Ik he’s had pyramiding in the past so I didn’t no if the comment was seeing that but I’ve always been bad at seeing the growth unless it’s VERY visible. He’s getting nice and big and chunky so ik he’s done some good growing and prob has some more left. My plan was to move him into...

This is going to be a very honest post, Weeks ago, I received a comment on here that made me feel like I wasn’t doing a good job at caring for Frankie boy and it made me very depressed. (Not only that but my work had gotten BAD for about a month and it JUST started getting better) I want the...

I tried to get some pics this morning of his nails but he hid from me 😭. Ig I really freaked him out last night. </3 I just got a new phone and all my Franklin pics were deleted so these r the best I can offer rn. U can kinda see how long they have gotten. When I pick him up to move him to a...

I cut it short bc he was scrabbling really frantically more so than normal and I felt like he was getting too stressed. That and I felt AWFUL after having hurt him and watching him panic made me feel worse. He was already around the 30 min mark when I took him out and he did already go potty so...

I just cut his soak short and put him in his enclosure again with some yummies to try and say sorry 😭😭 I put my finger against the end of the nail and no more blood came out and I might be crazy but it looked like the quick scooted down a bit. Like it was at the V END of the quick so it couldn’t...

Tried to cut Frankie’s nails for the first time tonight and the first foot was good but by the second he was squirming really bad. I thought I made a good cut but when I set him down a small bit of blood came out 😭😭 I haven’t seen more than that tho! Is he gonna be ok? Isn’t this an open wound...

So Franklin has always whistled when he breathes. He also seems to breathe hard. However he does seem to breathe harder when I’m in his sight. (I’ve always thought this was a stress response. Idk y he’s still stressed when he sees me. I thought I would have gained his trust by now :((. I think I...

So I was sitting in the living room reading and I had my camera open to keep an eye on him. He climbed halfway up the side of the log and gave my camera the sassiest side eye that I swear said “how dare u block my prime time basking spot and expect me NOT to get up here!” So I ran in and changed...

Yea I have another log hide I buried in the back of the enclosure to make like a hill. U can kinda see it in the pics. That was his first hide and then he got too big to use it my big bb boy 🥺. He’s honestly getting a little too big for this one. His shell hits the top of it and he digs...

While doing his weekly deep clean/tidy I decided to spice it up and rearrange some things for him. He’s paced pot holes into his enclosure so I think it was time for some new enrichment. I’m not sure about the log being where it is. It’s directly under the basking light. I was actually gonna...

A high level of female hormones? They can share hormones like that? Or r there hermaphrodite tortoises ? That would be v cool and interesting !

Yes they dol have drainage. The mold turned black after being under the grow light so maybe that means it died, but I will still try to wipe it out of there to preserve the sprouts already there. The other sprouts turned a nice shade of green after being in the grow light, which made me happy...