Yes, the lifelong part I think is awesome. I want one so bad but like I said, I wont have all that time, and I'm going to be headed off to university for vet school soon enough, so I dont want to feel like Im abandoning the tort. :I
They get big! Definitely a long term commitment. I was close to getting one but I looked ahead to what my future was going to be and how I was going to accomodate and alter my life around the tort to make sure he had everything he deserved. It's a lot easier to start off with a beginnier tort...
I haven't put the coil in yet, just the heat bulb, terry, impressive viv.
I may have to steal your ideas, and look into the heat emitter. How do they get set up? [hr]
and how do you maintain humidity? And do you have a completely closed cage? or is the top of cage screened? What I have right...
As a new Tort owner, I'm still trying to adjust from owning a Beardie, to owning a Red Foot Tortoise.
I talked to a few people who gave me suggestions, but I ended up getting what the store owners reccommended for a bulb. I have pics below of the boxes of the bulbs I'm currently using, and I'm...
My RF paces her cage, but I put paper around the edges so she couldn't see out, and now she's more relaxed and intrigued with her surroundings IN the cage rather than outside of.
I will, and yes she is in a new enclosure. I just brought her home awhile ago. She is still acclimating, but she is very active when she comes out. And is eating like a little gremlin!
@ Shelly, sounds just like my stepdad. He tries making it a goal for his life, although he's all talk and likes to make icky comments sometimes.
But I'm sorry to hear that Laura. :( my mom did the SAAAME thing to me a few years back. Ugh.
My heart goes out to ya girl.