Recent content by ShellyII

Thanks, good to hear others think she's on track

Just wanted to share some pics of Merope. She is 3 months old and seems to be doing well. I took some pics during her soak to try and show her size. I can tell she has grown, but she seems tiny. Hope she's getting enough nutrients and all that. How does her shell look? Excuse the dirt she was...

very nice, you can buy aluminum tape at Lowe's/Home Depot type store, its really easy to use and would cover the edge of that circle well and wouldn't fall off like foil might. :)

at Menard's I found a round plastic pool that had a 5 foot diameter that I use for my hatchling, it was on sale for $11 :) works great.

Merope, baby sulcata

Thanks to all who offered helpful advice. Merope is eating some lettuce now, still not as much as I'd like but at least eating something. I still offer her grass and dandelions and Mazuri tort food but she won't eat anything besides romaine lettuce. As you can see here she is stubborn.

I have a heat pad under mine. Keeps the hide about 90-93.

I thought Boston ivy was not edible for torts

So do I leave her alone completely besides soaks and putting in fresh food or do I keep trying to hand feed her? She will eat a few small pieces of romaine then is very agitated trying to get out of the small container. If I try and feed her in her enclosure she won't eat at all. And doesn't...

thanks, I have a heat pad and cover the entire thing at night, I check on it when I let my dogs out around 1 and it said 82 in her hide where she was sleeping. I hope that's enough

I have this bulb: Exo Terra Solar-Glo High Intensity Self-Ballasted Uv/Heat Mercury Vapor Lamp I got her to eat a little Romaine lettuce over my lunch hour. I took her out of her enclosure, did a warm soak for 15 mins, then put her on a towel in a cake pan and just held lettuce in front of her...

I'm sorry for snapping. I am frustrated with more than just the tort and vented on the forum. But lets be real, if you see something I am doing wrong, point it out, don't just refer me to a care sheet that I already said I have read.... not helpful at all. yes, I have half of the enclosure...

I'm done. Tortoise for sale.

I've read it multiple times, I'm not seeing it. If you know what needs to be changed wouldn't it be helpful to just say so??

what improvements