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Also, if you go to your local mom and pop hardware store or Amazon, you can find a standard incandescent flood light (I use 60w bulbs). They’re pretty inexpensive compared to the ones sold by reptile suppliers and you can buy them in packages of 3, 6, 12, etc. The larger box stores...

I’ll get the dual thermostat. I might have it already and just need to reset it. And will look into live plants as well. Thanks again.

Yeah I don’t really know if he’s the right weight or not for an almost 1.5 year leopard. But I can tell you that as a new owner who kept bought him from a pet shop who kept him totally dry under a coiled bulb, and I compounded the problem for the next few months by maintaining that dryness...

You tell me. Lol. I suspect you’ll say it’s way too soon to tell, but I appreciate any advisory opinion just the same.

Here is a photo taken today of Desmond, my almost 1.5 yo pardalis babcocki Leopard Tortoise, who was started dry at a pet shop from where I bought him. Like most recent tortoise owners, I relied on outdated information when I spent hundreds upon hundreds of dollars purchasing all the wrong...

I love your bike, Tom! This is my current ride: a 2022 Triumph Speed Triple RS 1200. Prior to that, I’ve had a 2018 Street Triple RS 765, a 1995 Honda Nighthawk CB 750, a 1979 BMW R65, a 1989 Honda Rebel 250 (back when I was in college over 35 years ago), and a bunch of mini-bikes when I was in...

I’m very excited to feed my leopard tortoise some African Grazer Grass that I grew from seeds that came from Tortoise Supply. But I think Desmond will go through this grass in one feeding. I either need to plant much more seeds next time, or else I need to use 3 or 4 of these planting bins...

I’ve bought them from chewy.com in case others want to buy them in the future.

I use a pet camera that sits outside of my tank (to avoid damage from humidity), but gives me a pretty decent view of what my leopard tortoise is doing when I’m out of the house. I’m sending a few screenshots. The first is the monitor that I own (under $35), the second is a more expensive...

Sorry for your loss.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Just for clarification, are the other lettuces also nutritionally deficient? I feed my yearling leopard tortoise a variety of greens (dandelion, escarole, and use a Spring Mix that contains mizuna, arugula, kale, baby chard, endive, radicchio), and some Mazuri. But the mix also contains...

I just purchased a box of 12 65w incandescent food lights off Amazon. They are tough to find these days because all the big box stores are no longer allowed to carry them. So their prices are much higher than LED, which don’t produce as much heat. Here is a photo of them in case anyone is...

Your set up looks nice. I agree with Tammy that adding in a few more hiding spaces would make it even more comfortable for him to have places to hide and feel safe. My guy also likes to make himself cozy by nestling in the coco coir substrate, behind rocks, under plants or driftwood etc. I’ve...

I enjoy tracking my 1 year old leopard tortoise’s weight and length on a regular basis. I input the data in a note on my iPhone. To me, it’s the functional equivalent to making a notch in the frame of a door as one’s kids get taller year by year. I also snap a picture of my tortoise on the...