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Thank you!

Hey, Alex! Think I should moisten the substrate a little too? I *think* I should... I'll pack it down with my palm in the morning. Thank you for the suggestion! And thank you for the plant advice. For the endive, which kind do you mean? Shelly loves Belgian endives, as far as grocery store...

Few more photos showing daytime view and temps. Still not sure they are staying where they should be, but i bought a 100w basking flood light in case the 75w is not enough with the single rhp. 2 rhps would probably have been too much. And also too heavy for the very thin pvc. I was sent an...

A while ago — yikes, it will be exactly a year ago tomorrow; how??? — I asked for advice on how to set up an L-shaped indoor enclosure for my (now almost-8-year-old) Russian tortoise. I live in a 1 bedroom apartment in San Francisco technically with a yard but we aren't allowed to use it, so no...

Ok cool. Thank you both for the such responses!

The thermometer says it's 65° F in here currently. His enclosure is probably the same? Our heat gun is dead. Damn. Haven't had to use it in a while, didn't know that. Just moved the thermometer/hygrometer into his cage. Can update exact temp shortly. Pics of him and the cats attached if they...

I couldn't find an answer in existing similar posts, though there probably is one. We have a 7 year old healthy male Russian tortoise. We live in a 1 bedroom rental apartment (~800 sq ft in case that info is important) on the top floor (less insulation up here) on the western side of San...

Thank you, Tom!

Hi Sarah, thank you! Does this mean you think it would be safe for me to apply the sealant to the cage in our apartment, and it will be fine if the cats and the tortoise are in the same room (but of course not in the cage) while it does that, as long as I have the room well ventilated?

I assembled part of a modular PVC cage from Apex Reptile (https://apexreptile.com) that I am putting together for my Russian tortoise, Shelly. It will be two 4x2x2 enclosures joined together in an L-shape with a 2x2x2 extension "kit"/box. I read before that I should apply sealant, so I thought...

I have posted on here before about a new cage for my tortoise. Time has passed, our cat passed away, we adopted 2 new cats, I got laid off, got a new job, and now finally went through with the expenses and got my now-7-year-old male Russian tortoise a modular cage, a table to set it on, new...

Oh that's good to hear. I didn't put it in yet just in case but now I think I will. Thank you!!

I think I bought the wrong coconut coir to add to my tortoise's enclosure. Is anyone familiar with Tierra Garden Haxnick's Growlite Standard Coir Mix? It says "standard coir mix", and only mentions coir pith, fibers, and chips, but it doesn't say it's organic and it is worrying me that since it...

Thank you for the suggestions!

I've seen folks talk about giving their tortoises more space by making a second level in their enclosure with a ramp. I also saw advice from a really old thread on here from 2012 around making the grade of the ramp follow a 1:4 rule (for every 1-foot rise, do a 4-foot run; something like that)...