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Hi, I'm in central Texas with a tortoise rescue. It will help keep him cool and damp if you spray down the habitat in the morning, just hand water. Put extra water in the hides to dampen and cool off the dirt. In this heat and drought we have to provide extra water. You can also feed extra...

Thank you. They were purchased at a reptile show in Arlington, TX 2016. The buyer was told they were a golden Greek and a Hermann. They were surrendered to us two days ago. Thank you for the help.

Of you can help me determine the sex as well, that would be great. I'm not good at that yet.

I will get those and send them soon,

Hello everyone, I haven't been on here in quite sometime. Life has been keeping me too busy. The tortoise rescue I work with got in these two lovelies recently. I want to make a positive ID so I can ensure proper care. I think the black and grey is a Hermanns and the Yellow and black one...

Excellent explanation. That makes sense. Thank you. I now feel I can explain that to others.

Thank you, Yvonne

ok that makes sense. Thank you again, Yvonne.

Thank you for that part. I hadn't thought that through yet.

Exactly, so back to my question about that. If the mat heats to 37 degrees above the animal on it or the ambient temp, how does it not constantly keep rising and therefore scald the tortoise? Example: exothermic tort sits on mat, mat heats to 37 degrees above torts current temp, tort temp rises...

Thank you, Yvonne. Yeah, that is the big difference in the Kane mats and other mats. That is why it is suppose to be safe to use them under the tortoise. It's not supposed to scald them. I have Stanfield mats as well but hang these on the walls out of reach to heat the night box air. Have...

Hi all, It's been a while. I've been busy with many project. One of the most exciting projects is that I am now officially the north location of the rescue I have been volunteering with for 3 years. These are photos of our new habitats for our temporary residents while they stay with me until...

Question about this part. So if the mat heats to 37 degrees above the animal on it or the ambient temp, how does it not constantly keep rising and therefore scald the tortoise? Example: exothermic tort sits on mat, mat heats to 37 degrees above torts current temp, tort temp rises matching...

You're right. You can't fix stupid. My husband says that all the time.

I totally agree. I run the Facebook page for our tortoise rescue so I also read other turtle and tortoise Fb pages. OMG. They are ridiculous. Recently on a box turtle group I posted a DIY worm farm to share. I was berated about the species of worms I feed my box turtles, that they can be...

So true. Thank you. I think I will contact a Doctoral student at A&M University, Texas and ask them to run this experiment for their dissertation. LOL. I'm sure not going to do it.

Thank you. Yes, wouldn't it be nice to have official testing and data.

Thank you for this.

To add to the agreement of Fbook info is questionable. I asked for documentation to support their statement, 'cus that is what professors do (LOL). I got two conflicting statements from the same admin of the box turtle FB page. First "I agree, if Uncle Jim does composting worms, they are not...

Completely agree. That is precisely why I am asking here. LOL