Recent content by RandyTortoise

It is called Vevor. The person that sold me my adult female leopard used them with good result, apparently.

Sadly, I have found out the hard way. I have two small incubators that each hold about 30 Eggs. I was successful in hatching 7 babies and then the incubators started having really bad temperature swings. I tired about everything I could with watching and taking temps daily. Then I came home...

What is the most reliable incubator in your opinion? I have had issues with two so far and in one instance shot up to 45 degrees c and cooked the eggs. A lot of them! Any suggestions? Is the reptibator reliable?

Yes, Mark. Typo. Sorry.

They are in coco coir bedding.

They have a basking temp of 86 and an ambient temp of 82. They have a heat panel above in the ceiling, spot basking lamp and an Arcadia uvb t12 fluorescent and led lighting. There are four hatchlings in the chamber, and the chamber is 4 feet by 3 feet.

I noticed the older ones having a runny nose about a week and a half before they unexpectedly died. Both died on the same day too. I thought due to the environment it would clear itself up but then thinking maybe if they were in a non humid environment it may have cleared it up on its own. I...

I have 6 hatchlings in an enclosed chamber from Tom in California. Perfect temps at 85 about all the time. Humidity is high around 85. Two weeks ago, my oldest babies (4 months old) developed a runny nose and died within 1 week although they looked fine overall. I have 4 hatchlings left...

Where did you get him?

Nice to meet you!

Same for me. Reptical. Works good and I trust the quality.

I know how you feel and happy you are doing it right. Ok, I buy a lot of stuff from Kapidolo Farms. All the stuff you bought as well as their mulberry pellets and dried flowers and just about everything. He is great to work with and has great stuff. What I do, and this is because I am...

For my leopards, they all love Optimised 52 and I mix with with Mazuri and other fresh greens from time to time. But Optimised 52 is the base of my food chain they I feed them. I am not sure why this wasn’t mentioned previously on this chain?

When in doubt, take it to a vet. Behavioral issues, stress, poor diet, a general infection or simply boredom or itching can usually all be diagnosed with a few trips to a vet to discover the problem. We have a frenchie that has constant skin allergy issues and food and diet changes have spent...

Start giving it a proper diet. But we need to know what kind of tortoise you have. It won’t starve itself. They are fussy eaters but all tortoises can be weaned off garbage and put on a proper diet eventually. Ever try to feed a kid a grilled fillet of salmon vs a pepperoni pizza...