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    Is my female dehydrated?

    I keep the humidity between 70 and 80%. I got 2 I hope its a male and female, and not 2 males. They are in a 900$ pvc enclosure thats 5' wide, 2' deep and I think 2' tall. The plants in their enclosure are a snake plant, in the picture, and a couple well I forgot the name but the plants are fine...
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    Is my female dehydrated?

    Her eyes are sunken in more than the males. And idk if she is a female or male idk how to tell but I asked for a yearling female.
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    Brown color on legs in between scales??

    Why is my cherry heads legs looking kinda brownish instead of black, could it be that i forgot about him soaking and he saoked for a hour and a half almost a few days ago ? I used a soft tooth brush and gently tryed to clean it like maybe it was dirty but its his skin color for some reason.
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    Cherry headed tortoise bioactive substrate

    Does anyone know a good bioactive substrate for cherry headed tortoise. The tortoise is only almost a year old.
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    Flowers for red & yellow foot and cherry heat tortoise

    Ok.... so this will sound bad but can I eat the seeds to trip and how many do I need to eat lol just for the k owlage in not going to do it 100% never tripped and won't unless I grow my own mushrooms lol.
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    I built the 2x4x2 wooden enclosed habitat

    I still need to setup lights in there permanent spots and add more substrate and plants. Thank you all for your help.
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    I built the 2x4x2 wooden enclosed habitat

    For a red footed tortoise, t5 6%uvb 4 ft fixture, 50w ceramic heaters cam I get the name of the overhead holders for the ceramic fixture for heating bulbs. It is verry humid and dry looking os good I got wet at dry substrate on top moist on bottom. The t5 uvb light will be in place one foot...
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    Flowers for red & yellow foot and cherry heat tortoise

    Can my cherry head hatchling eat any of these flowers I could grow for him and in his enclosure
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    I built the 2x4x2 wooden enclosed habitat

    Here are some pictures of the air holes I made, I want to make them bigger I think, and more of them possibly to make them not look so random lol... I domr mind the look as long as it's good for my tortoise I'm happy. So what do you think bigger air holes or just more of them or both more and...
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    I built the 2x4x2 wooden enclosed habitat

    He is just a hachling almost 3 months old.
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    I built the 2x4x2 wooden enclosed habitat

    So I sealed my enclosure with drylock extreme and so it's all white. Has anyone left tit like this and had no issues with the tortoise trying to scratch and eat the white walls amd floor, sense they like white stuff that indicates calcium to them. Or do you paint it and if you paint it what...
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    Building an Enclosure for a Baby Redfoot

    How did this setup work. Any of the ramp or exposed wood was it sealed with something clear or just kiln dryed and it lasted
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    Hachling cherry head tortoise all to know ask away

    T5 6% ubv it's 4 ft long and sits across the top, and then I got a ceramic heat bulb to hold temperatures and give him a nice basking spot of 89 at the highest but I'm not too comfortable with anything higher than 85 all over the enclosure atm he is so young
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    Hachling cherry head tortoise all to know ask away

    I keep him in a tote at the moment and he has a enclosure I'm building and will be done soon. But his environment now stays 85-88°F 85 mainly amd the 85% humidity but it also goes up to 90% humidity sometimes He has discoloration above his eyes thays getting worse a little bit and it's a dimming...
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    New Cherry Head Owner, meet Rio

    My little guy torkoal is only 50.02g and about 2.5 inches long. He is tiny id really like to find a breeder who will give me more advice
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