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Freeze dried crickets are also a good protein source. My Cherryhead loves them.

Mine Brazilian cherry head is 5 inches scl and will be a year old on April 3rd

I hand packed it yesterday. I was thinking of putting a layer on top.

I switched the substrate and with this. Seems to hold humidity a lot better but a mess. It’s driving me nuts with how dirty Ivys face is. I’ll try the orchard bark next.

Ok thanks for the help

Yes 10 months old

I plan on keeping my cherry head outside during the summer months and will be starting to build the enclosure once snow melts. I know I have Fox around my house and I’ve never seen one but people have said the seen coyotes. My question is should I dig down alittle bit and put some wood...

I’ve tried dried crickets but doesn’t seem to go for them

Thank you! Yes she really likes hard boiled eggs. Thank you for the other ideas!

I’d like to say I appreciate all the feedback and I’m trying to be positive. I did say this is my first tortoise so the fruit salad comments when it’s actually vegetables, you where there once when you first got a tortoise. I get you like to put funny jokes in but just remember you were in my...

Yeap….i realized i was adding too much calcium and started sprinkling I do it 3 times a week. I added a cuttlebone this week. Also got that mazuri last week and I do not not add calcium powder when I feed the mazuri.

It’s not fruit it’s cut up zucchini and bell peppers. The white wet stuff is calcium powder sprinkled on top of the vegetables she walked on top of it after taking a soak which made it look wet. It’s 88 degrees during the day with it going no lower then 80 at night.. the humidity stays between...

I don’t m I don’t mind at all. Like I’ve mentioned before I’m new to keeping tortoises and we all have to learn somewhere and I appreciate the pointers. It is temporary. I’m in the process of building an outdoor enclosure for when the weather warms up in my area and when she moves outside I...