Recent content by Mr Magoo

It's 90 under the light, i'll look into getting a more powerful one or a second heat only lamp. Brightness isn't a problem, I just took the pictures on my iphone 3gs, which does not handle contrast very well. It's very bright in there when on, though that won't help draw him out from 9 inches...

Thanks for the response, I guess I'll give him another week or so and see if he returns to his old habit of wandering around. By in his second year I meant between 1-2 years old, he was captive bred and bought from a reputable dealer recommended by the specialist vet I use for my ancient corn...

Hi, I'm new to keeping tortoises, this is my first, a Russian called Mr Pumblechook. Since I upgraded his enclosure to give him some room to dig, he has dug. The new enclosure has a deep end with a significant amount of sand/topsoil mix, which is obviously colder than the rest of his habitat...

I think perhaps the upgrade has led to a problem - that deep end holds about 40kg of mixed sand and topsoil, which is significantly colder than the rest of his habitat. He seems to dig himself down about 9 inches, them just stay there unless I dig him out. I though perhaps he trying to...

It's a character from Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. She had no particular resaon for choosing it except that it just sounds tortoisey.

Thanks, that's a relief. I was concerned that I'd bought a suicidally stupid tortoise. He did seem very indignant when I excavated him.

Hello, I recently bought a Russian Tortoise, who my girlfriend has named Mr Pumblechook (I voted for Captain Awesome but got overruled). I read round a bit before building my first tortoise table and came up with this: It was four feet by two, with a UVB/UVA lamp at one end at a...