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That is a great question! I spend half the year in Flagstaff, where I'm at right now. It gets chilly at night even in the summer.

For the past few nights, I've spotted a Garter Snake sleeping inside of my tort's den. I think the snake like the heating pad and Panzer doesn't seem to mind. I just have to remind myself to look before sticking my hands randomly into his den, lol

Resurrecting an old thread here, but I've had some poison ivy recently growing in my Sulcata's outdoor pen area and he's been caught eating it. So far, I've not seen any side effects, but has anyone run into any credible information that says it's okay or not? It's actually one of the few...

Thanks for that info on the kerating! Interesting stuff! On his enclosure, that's not really a permanent enclosure of any type. He's 10 months old, about 4.5 inches long / 385 grams, so he spends most of his time inside in his aquarium in the heat lamp/ humidity climate. We put him in the...

Good observations! Will do with the pine logs/cones.

Thanks Mark! Like I was just typing to Tom a few minutes ago, there is something that resembles teeth marks (again, from my subjective and horrified eyes) on the scute that's at his 1 oclock from his central top scute (near his right leg) that is in the picture that I shared previously , but...

He's 10 months old and spends much of his time inside in his aquarium, where he has the typical hollowed log that he sleeps under. Outside, I've recreated a similar log hut using smaller logs to make a lean-to type thing. There is a branch knob on the inside of the lean-to that is right at...

You're probably right, It may very well be superficial as wounds go, but from my eyes I guess it's so shocking and horrifying it's like "omg half his shell is missing!" kind of feeling, you know? in the picture, if you zoom in to the white/pink area underneath where the shell surface was...

There’s been a juvenile Arizona Gray squirrel hanging around the yard lately. I know squirrels can crack an acorn but a shell?

Ok so I’m at the vet and trying not to freak out. I’m in Flagstaff AZ and pretty much live in Coconino Natl Forest so all the creatures that live in such a forest are always near. I went to his outdoor play pen and saw that one of his scutes has been pulled back. There was no noise , no...

I've been on the forum for a few months now and thought it to be high time that I introduce my little one. As s/he's so young, I don't know and won't know the gender for a long time, so for the purpose of making life simple in typing, I'm going to use the gender-neutral "he" until I know...

You are the second person that told me about the Western Star truck! Actually, I never knew about it before I chose that handle, but I'm good with being associated with a giant truck! I actually chose it for this and many other handles as I'm the only one from my family to live West of the...

I'm glad this post was in here, I thought maybe I might be the only one to have this question too! My situation is not that I'm traveling around with him frequently, but we have a house in Flagstaff we go when it gets to triple digits down in Phoenix. We moved him up here yesterday and he's...

I know this is an old thread but to resurrect it a bit, I have tons of these in my yard. Anyone know if the Brittlebush is ok for Sulcatas to eat?

WOW !! Thank you so much! I love step by steps like this, especially when it's new and overwhelming info! Now that I have my marching orders, I'm on it!! I'll keep you posted on the progress. BTW: If you haven't written a book on this subject already, you should. :)