Recent content by Sundragon79

Update: the store we purchase the tortoise from offered a replacement tortoise to us, which we accepted. They did not issue a refund to us, and I would have been fine to cut my losses. But I thought if I could take one as soon as they arrived to the store, I would have arrived better chance of...

Based on previous husbandry that I saw, I don't believe I was working with the healthiest animal. I immediately corrected my setup to be more on par with what is biologically appropriate. So the tortoise was kept improperly for 48-72 hours. In addition to how it had been kept previously...

The tortoise had both night and daytime heat in enclosed tub.

The tortoise was in the enclosure for 2 nights before being moved to my bedroom in an enclosed tub. To give you an idea of how the tortoise was kept at the store, he had been left soaking in a shallow bowl of water with a lod on top and no heat ALL NIGHT. He was never active from day 1. There...

Yes. There is a reptile show this weekend and the store the tortoise came from will replace the tortoise. My husband made the error of purchasing from a local exotic/reptile store. I do not want to have dealings with them but I feel it was their lack of husbandry that did this guy in. He told me...

He or she passed yesterday. We only had it for a little over a week so I don't believe it was anything I did. Although I didn't have anything to check humidity, I kept my substrate damp and the temps were around 96 on warm end and around 80 on cool end. The tortoise never went over to the cool...

Tom, do you have a picture of your enclosed setups? I will switch to this for the time being. We did implement a nighttime heating bulb tonight, and tomorrow I am going to change up the substrate. Right now it is Eco Earth, which I keep misting, but it doesn't retain the moisture I'd like it to...

I just temp gunned under the basking area and it's 93 degrees.

Hello. We purchased a Sulcata Tortoise on Saturday, and I am very concerned that he/she has not eaten anything at all since we brought it home. I figured it was reasonable to assume the tortoise would begin eating after a day or so, as has been my experience with other reptiles. The tortoise is...