Recent content by Nevermore18

Thank you for your help

Mainly humus, peat moss, sand and coconut carbon. Here is an example

Thank you Tom. Do you think it would be beneficial to add a layer of Reptisoil on top of the dirt? I read that regular backyard dirt when it turns into mud could be dangerous.

Hello Everyone, Summer has come to Chicago area where we live and my wife and I would like to give our baby Vincent an outdoor living experience. Vincent is about 2.5 years old right now and we are re-purposing a raised garden bed for his enclosure. Currently our plan is to take him out for the...

Thank you very much everyone for your advice. I'm going to modify the enclosure and post the update here shortly.

I will post a picture of him tomorrow when I soak him. I'm sure that he was hatched this year. Currently he has one dome lamp with 50w light bulb at the basking area. Tomorrow I will upgrade to 75w and install an extra light in the middle on the enclosure. I am also using a tube flourescent UVB...

Hello everyone, I got a baby Russian tortoise 5 days ago from a breeder from New Jersey. He was shipped to me in Illinois over night. I'm not sure exactly how old he is but his shell is about 2 inches. Since I got him he has buried himself in the substrate and I have not seen him go out on his...