Recent content by Mzee "Wise Old Man"

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    NEW TORTOISE ENCLOSURE

    [hr] My temps are about 70' on the cool side and 80-85' on the warm side. Basking spot at about 95'F. UVB light is about 14" from the substrate. I live in Wisconsin so the temp thing is a bit tricky. Ambient temps in my house are usually about 60-65'F. My female has not really moved much at...
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    NEW TORTOISE ENCLOSURE

    Well i have finished my first little tortoise enclosure, was gonna be a table but then i decided to make it on the ground level. I took ideas from what i have seen a lot of you guys doing on here. I used melamine coated wood, and sealed with aquarium silicone. Used various rocks that i...
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    HELLO FELLOW TORTOISE PEOPLE!!

    I refer to most large corporations as evil, walmart "evil empire" Apologies if you are a petco worker, no offense was intended. But in all honesty i thought that the enclosure that they were in was way too small, they had absolutely nothing in the enclosure to hide under, the temp was 80'F...
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    HELLO FELLOW TORTOISE PEOPLE!!

    I will definitely pick up the betadyne, and cream. But since i have not had her more than 15 days Petco is going to foot the vet bill for her exam. Which is good because they actually use a really good reptile vet here that i would have taken her to anyway. Thanks.
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    HELLO FELLOW TORTOISE PEOPLE!!

    For some reason the pics did not attach to the last post. Here is the spot on the plastron i am referring to, anyone think this is major??? Seems old and dry...but i am no expert.
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    HELLO FELLOW TORTOISE PEOPLE!!

    Thanks guys. As requested here are a few more photos. You can see the mark i am talking about on the plastron. In a couple of them. It seems dry and old, but i am going to have the vet look at it soon anyways. I will definitely try and mix up the diet. I definitely wanted a Russian...
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    HELLO FELLOW TORTOISE PEOPLE!!

    Hey everybody, this is my first posting, and i am very excited to be the proud owner of a female Russian Tortoise. Thankful there are cool places like this to discuss husbandry. Here is a little background on myself, and Abigail. My name is Shaun, i hail from Wisconsin US. I have always...
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