They sell better substrates at hardware stores like lowes, home depot, or menards in the US. Look in the gardening department instead of at pet stores!
Long time no writing. Sheldon's using his back legs again, and its stayed strong all winter so far. When he came back in from outside, he was still kind of just scooting along. Then I put a rock in his house. Oh, and his new indoor house is much nicer than his table was. Those two things...
So my Sheldon (He's a hermann's) lives rather happily indoors all winter, most of the fall and half the spring. He only gets 5 months outdoors to eat weeds and soak up the sun. I'm ready to cut ties with the darn grocery stores! But, being that I live in the great white frozen tundra of...
Look up reverse under gravel filter. People have done it in saltwater aquariums for a while. Pushes the water backwards instead of sucking it in through the sand.
Sorry, been a busy summer.
Hes loving life outside nowadays. He has a 10 ft x 8 ft run in a fenced in yard. I started worrying about his lack of use in his back legs, he just crawls everywhere and over everything. But he loves his weeds and sunshine... and even the rainy days he comes out and...
Even as deep as they are? I'll happily live with it either way.
This dude is so curious. Runs to the hand when you're doing anything in his table. Probably trying to eat me but that's okay!
Butt shot by Lowstorm posted May 14, 2019 at 4:32 PMPointed finger on ridge by Lowstorm posted May 14, 2019 at 4:32 PMRidge by Lowstorm posted May 14, 2019 at 4:32 PMTook me a bit but one bath later, this funny divot or ridge. I'm guessing he pyramided.
I will take better pictures of it later. And I read up on here about the oil. Yes, it will be in his water. Little stinker likes baths though so what's left will come off in bath number one then there will be a bath number 2. Not the in between growth. Its above the bottom row of scutes and...
Sheldon is home a week and... any opinions on the shell? I dont really know what would cause this.
Strange ridge by Lowstorm posted May 11, 2019 at 8:45 PMMore strange by Lowstorm posted May 11, 2019 at 8:45 PMSuper ridge by Lowstorm posted May 11, 2019 at 8:45 PMFull back pic by Lowstorm...