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I used to watch his videos, but lost all respect for him when he found an animal that had been stolen from his property (some sort of dark lizard). He was more concerned with getting overly dramatic video footage than he was with getting that poor, stressed, and clearly COLD reptile into a...

Actually, I am a little annoyed at myself for not seeing the oddness right away. I mean, I have a tortoise. I know where the tail is supposed to be! I think I was just temporarily surprised to see it at all in a random box. But eventually, I did see it. The top shell is touching the bottom shell...

Spend some time on assorted pond and koi forums. There are both high tech and DIY options that can handle the poop of large pond fish that you may be able to put to work. Not exactly maintenance free, but close.

Hi! I hope I have put this thread in the right place, but I am only guessing that it is a water turtle's shell. I found this, neatly wrapped in a tissue, in a box of a deceased relative's things. I have a tortoise, so it caught my eye. On closer inspection though...I have to wonder...is this a...

Just what ever you do outside, block him from being able to dig under, or climb out. I have never used cinder blocks (yet) but I would put the first row, maybe even part of the second row, under ground and then back fill. Put two more rows on top of that. And something to block the top of the...

...and for anyone wondering...neither of those pictures show the extensive, and deep, fortifications around the exterior walls. He is a digger, and spends every daylight hour looking for a weak spot. There is hardware cloth and large rocks surrounding the outer walls, dug down at least a foot...

I love creating fish ponds, with water falls. I have had several over the years...best described as "moderately sized, yet epic". I loved creating water falls, especially. Some were more successful than others, but I learned a lot and really enjoyed the process. My current living situation is...

Well, I did say "mostly"! :D

No, never tried a mirror. Or glass. Oddly, he does not mind my cat hanging out in his fairly large habitat. It is only 3 feet wide, but 12 feet long...with a "rock formation" with a cave. He has his own water fountain, too. (But I have never seen him use it.) The first time I saw her in there, I...

My single Russian male is so territorial that I can't use brown or darkly colored dishes for his food. He will glare at a dark dish, refuse to eat off it, and eventually start ramming it. A white dish is generally not beaten up, and will he might eat off of it, if he is hungry. All in all, he...

A lifetime of working in family owned commercial greenhouses makes me believe that they are fertilizer pellets. They are really a marketing technique...fertilizer could be added to soil/potting mixes much more efficiently by smaller, less visible methods...but people like seeing them. They feel...

As fresh cement "cures", it is very acidic. This is a problem in the pond world...people build cement ponds, let it get hard, then fill with water and add fish. But those fish die very quickly, because the water has the acid in it from the curing cement. "Pond people" who know better will fill...

I am glad that others chimed in about the escapability of this enclosure. My bad boy would have been up and out of there in about 30 minutes...

Sure! I will need to get some new pictures. But I don't want to complicate the OP's thread, so I will start a new one in the enclosures forum.

Shelley is not a Russian! You have either a red footed or yellow footed...sorry, I have difficulty telling them apart. Very different from a Russian. Still going to need a MUCH bigger enclosure, but I will have to step back and let forum members experienced with those species step in and help...

You definitely need a bigger enclosure. I would suggest that you hold off on the 40 gallon tank until you get more input from other people on this forum. In the meantime, look at pics of enclosures and get some ideas. Glass tanks are generally considered highly unsuitable, and they are hard to...

Don't feel bad...I was admiring the gigantic single stalk of asparagus just left of the middle in that photo.....I think that is the "bloom stalk" that you mentioned? I need a nap.

Yvonne G....thank you! That's MayMay. She is a sweetheart, but she is pretty and she knows it! er9m....yup, those nails need work. I worked for an exotics vet for 9 years, and would have had her see him weeks ago, but the guy up and moved to the Midwest a few years back and I am having a hard...

Greetings, Everyone! About one month ago, I became the sudden caretaker of a Horsfields Tortoise. I had been considering becoming a tortoise owner again at some point in the new year, once some personal issues were wrapped up. But I was leaning toward a red foot, as I had had one thirty-some...

Wow! Some thought provoking stuff there! I am in the same position...mine came from an original owner who was, almost, being willfully ignorant. I don't know if she/he is is super healthy...probably not! OK! Hibernating is off the table this year. I will slowly bring the lights back up, and get...