Recent content by texastort17

I’ll include a photo of the portions they could get in. It was constructed pretty quickly last summer, but we’re definitely going to build one sans the cinder blocks. My dad kept her for 5+ year outdoors without a top lid no issue, but I wanted to make sure it was secure so she and I both slept...

Our enclosure we’re currently building is going to be one with lids that have hinges and locks on them, but would you still recommend tucking her up at night? I have a rabbit hutch for her main hide, but she tends to prefer to dig down during the evening and sometimes I do struggle to spot her...

TLDR; found a small opossum outside, brought my fully grown Russian tort inside (probably out of paranoia, I know), and want to know what level threat I’m dealing with. Hello all. I’ve just found our first opossum outside this morning. I used a hose to scare it off twice, but it kept coming...

It doesn’t seem like they are as much this time. I did put granules on the outside as well, so it would hopefully target other types.

Thank you! I’ll store this info just in case.

I’ve been refreshing them as soon as I notice they’re empty, I was just thrown because last time it only needed one round whereas this one has needed to be refreshed twice now.

Oh wow, I’ve been such a worrying mess all weekend. Thank you!

Oh yes, forgot to include that. It is outdoors. I’m just struggling to be sure if it’s fire ants or not. They’re a combo color, definitely not just red. They also run away whenever I get near, versus attacking like I’ve experienced before. And there’s no ant hill in sight in the entire backyard...

Hello all. For reference, I’m in north texas where we haven’t had rain in quite some time. I have a few plants (which I kept in pots so I could take them inside during winter) within my tortoises cage. Long story short, I attempted to keep them alive with a solid soak, the abysmal heat were...

Hello all. I’m trying to figure out some new plants for my outdoor enclosure and I came across this one a few time son recommended. The reason I ask you all about it is because on tortoisetable it mentions it within another grass plant, but doesn’t specify if this one in particular is safe. I...

Oh yes, I found out the hard way my girl is a picky one. I didn’t think to mince it up though, thanks for that tip!

I’ll be grabbing a bit of both and setting up a taste testing for her tomorrow morning. In fact, I’m fairly certain I can already hear her thanking y’all. 🐢

This makes sense! I kept seeing warnings regarding over feeding, so as a chronic over worrier I didn’t want to accidentally do that. However, now I know better thanks to y’all! :)

Thanks for this! I’ll make sure to make those changes with tomorrow’s serving. I’ve also just gone and ordered a seed pack from tortoise supply, so hopefully they’ll come in soon.

Sure! Got one of her peeking out of her house and another during a soak.