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I think that they always just want to go farther…

It’s arriving tomorrow. Thanks!

Hi Everyone, So today I caught our 100 lb sulcata eating the door curtain to his house! We’ve had him 3 years and the floor mat I used to make his door curtain has been in place nearly this whole time. Luckily I spotted him before he swallowed the big piece he had in his mouth and got it away...

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Thanks for taking the time to answer and explain further. I couldn't find on the Kane website anything about the shut off temp. This is what I like about this place--people sharing and learning about something they care about. BTW, love your "Screaming" logo, I'm more of a "Defender" man myself...

Carapace temp over 100 = bad, plastron temp 117 (ambient 80 + 37 over ambient from Kane mat) OK? I'm just trying to understand. I am sure that if I were to state this without addressing the disconnect, I would catch some feedback.

With the overhead RHP. The 80 degree surface and ambient temp will get you to 80 degrees no? I'm not trying to upset any applecarts, I just want to understand how hot is too hot for their belly, and interested in keeping a consistent 80 degree tort. We use the mat also, without a rheostat, and...

Since the Kane mat is designed to keep a temperature of 37 degrees above ambient, how hot is too hot for the mat? I’ve heard a lot of concern for burning the torts belly, and thought an overall 80 was the goal, with the overhead heat being primary.

We use a mat for our sulcata too. I was thinking that keeping the mat at a safe and desirable 80 degrees would keep the babies belly warm without endangering them.

I realize there are several things going on here, but is there any merit to the idea of using a rheostat adjusted to keeping a Kane mat surface temp of 80 degrees together with the CHE heating from above to balance out the temperature imbalance? Both the top and bottom heat could then be...

Thanks for answering and sharing your expertise. He just seems to love getting through the tightest spots whenever possible. I’ll just keep making adjustments to minimize the tightness of his favorite spots.

Hi everyone, our 100ish lb Sulcata loves climbing on stones and pushing things around, and has some wear spots on his shell from this, but upon closer inspection this looks different. Is this a case of shell rot? He lives outside here in SoCal and gets plenty of sun, and his nightbox has...

Wow, and free too...unless you want to print it! The scan does look a little rough, but would still make a great resource methinks. Now I'm trying to decide whether I'm worthy of, (or really need) the pricey 3rd edition.

It was published in '96 so some of the nutrition stuff may be out of date, but anatomy is anatomy. Not sure whether there's a new edition. There's another part that talks about the length of the small intestine and compares to some mammals as well. When we were first looking to get a tortoise...

No dissection photos, but these are pretty good

Sorry the photos didn't exactly post in the correct order, but the image numbers will help to keep the story straight.

I found something that talks about this subject. Rather than try and type all of it, I’m posting some pics of the text.

Chill…No offense taken. Sorry, I just saw a thread about the best turtle species, and since tortoises are turtles, joined in. I’ve googled a few of the species mentioned and enjoyed looking at some new things too. Not everyone is evil y’know

Tortoises are turtles. Sorry for trying to join the fun