Hi Tom. I have a 18"ish sully and just finished building a 4x2 night box off of your design. I've read through all your heating post from the past few years and just needed a little more help picking a heat source for the box. Temps will drop in the 30s outside with him in the box will the mat/heat panel be enough to hold temps in the insulated box? Or should I try the mini oil first. Thanks for any help.
Hello Tom, i watched your video on youtube 'The end of tortoise pyramiding'
base on your experience, sulcata never had a shell rot in high humidity inside the close chambered, how about aldabra? any experience with aldabra?
i can't find orchid bark here, so i use cocopeat instead, spray them regularly just to make them moist.
Hey Tom. Do all tortoises need high humidity? Are there any that will do okay in dry climate like Colorado? I live in the midwest now but that's where I am moving to in a few years.
I ask because I have seem some indoor enclosures that don't have tops or the walls are too low to sustain humidity.
hey tom, i was wondering if you know of any other calcium supplement besides the powder and cuttlebone. My sulcata Oliver goes through cuttlebones like crazy and wont touch any of the powders. is there any large calcium block you know of or one i can make?
Just have to say what an amazing person you are, truely. To take your free time out of your day, practically everyday, and help us all with our issues, concerns, and questions.
Thank you Tom.
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Tom, I have seen your article and pics from "the tortoises species" I am just wondering where you bought the leoaprds like "Geochelone pardalis pardalis". May I buy some from you? I live in Los Angeles area. Anyways, I am super admire you adn to be proud of knowing you here, Thank you, Tom!
Also, Mr. Tom, I will have a vision cage for my leopards, do you think that works or not? Also, would you reccoment a brand for uvb tube and how about zoomed spot uva light?
Hello, Tom, I am sorry to get back to you so late. The breeder looks like so professional, she also studys something from your article, I think that she should know how to keep hatchlings. When I bought them, they were good, but just after one month, all of their shells are soft. How to treat them?
Hello, Mr. Tom.i bought four leopard babies one month ago. I use everything as your article which you posted.But their shells are still getting soft, sometimes they still eat, get into the water dish. BUT the breeder said they are going to be died sooner or later for sure. I want to know if I will put them to get more sunshine, is there a possibility to survive them? thank you so much!
lately our sulcata's urine is white and chalky, is this urates? lately she has been grazing grass in the yard,supplemented with endive and some dandalion, is this a bad sign?
Hi, Tom. May I get the permission to translate your post "Hatchling Failure Syndrome" into Chinese and post it on my website www.paludarium.net? Thanks.
Hey Tom I have a question can I put a small humidifier inside my 9 month old Leo tort box to raise the humidity without causing any damage to him. Today I cut a small piece of plexiglass to cover the top , but it's mot 100% covered . The bedding is moss and I spray that down regularly and the humidity level is around 50% give or take . Thanks your your input Randy
If your box is sealed and insulated properly, it will hold 80-86 degrees with a Kane heat mat and a RHP with no problem on a night with temps in the mid 20s. I only use the mini oil heater on 4x8' boxes.