Recent content by Wright78

What town in MA?

Ads are still causing jumping. The ads make the site very irritating to use. I find myself on here a lot less because of them. @Josh

I bought 3 of these style. I love them. I would mount them directly to plywood, but that is just me. You could call Reptile Basics and ask them the question. http://www.reptilebasics.com/rbi-radiant-heat-panels

Sulcata's eat mainly grasses. On the app tortoise table peppers, broccoli are no feeds, carrots are feed sparingly. Read this: https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

I'm here in MA if you need to rehome, while you are here.

Do you also know the weight rating of that table that the enclosure is on? Enclosure weight, wet substrate, plants, decorations, dishes, tortoise. It adds up fast. I calculated mine at close to 1000lbs.

I would also seal all the bottom edges of the tank with a 100% silicone and let it air out. The smell gets very strong in the enclosure.

Great job! I just installed my cameras today, and my fans just came in. I have my CHE probes at about top of the shell height right under my CHE’s. This is also the reason why I slotted the back of the enclosure just enough for each cord to allow me to run each cord directly out the back to...

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I use the Arcadia 12% the length is based on what room you have in the enclosure. I would use the longest you can fit. I used 2 because I had a 8 ft long enclosure.

You can put paper or something on the outside of the tank so it doesn't see its what's outside the tank.

Great job. I'm also from MA. Just curious what exotic vet doctors did you find? I had been dealing with one a while ago 12+ years but wasn't happy with the care.

That could be the reason. One tortoise could be bulling the other. It could be getting to the food first, sitting in the food dish, getting the best basking spot, pushing, biting. Tortoises are solitary animals, they don't need a companion.

Are they kept in the same habitat together?

I have a timer on the lighting/ basking and UVB set from 7 AM to 7PM. I have not noticed a significant amount of heat coming from the arcadia t-5's. I haven't really measured. I know the UVB is reading about a 3.5 on my solar meter at about a 22 inch height. I have added two 150 watt CHE to help...