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Awesome thanks for the reference! I’ll get some ordered right now

Not at the moment, but I’ll definitely grab one if that’s what y’all are using to regulate. Guess that solves that question pretty quickly haha thank you! I think I understand what all to fix and add now.

Thank you for the advice! Will do on all! Thanks so much again, that makes much more sense to me now. My main concern now would be that directly under the CHE gets about 100, should I get a lower wattage if I’m introducing another heat bulb or would that be an acceptable temperature? Sorry for...

Thank you for such a thorough and detailed reply! I hadn’t realized there was a difference in purpose between basking and the CHE, so I’ll work on setting that up right away and hopefully that’ll smooth out my issues. Just to double check to confirm I understood the information properly - I’m...

Hello! I recently changed the ceramic heat emitters for my 2 year old Indian stars because I discovered using a probe thermometer that their hot side temps were too high. I moved them down to a 50 watt instead and now hot side temps are perfect (high 90s Fahrenheit directly under the bulb, about...

Great, thank you!

Awesome, thanks for the help!

Hi! I’m wanting to get my mulch from Lowes this time around to save money like I’ve seen recommended on here a few times, but what I’m seeing come up is just a 60% cypress “mix”. I’ve seen some people still using the same one but was wondering if that sounds safe? I added a pic of the one I’m...

The vitamin A definitely seems like the most plausible cause to me, so I’ll follow all of this advice until I get to the vet. I’ll definitely refuse any other vitamin shots and am going to try to find a good reputable vet to get her to. Thank you so much for your help, I’m feeling much better...

She is still eating, a bit less than usual last night but not enough to be worrying. It was probably just the commotion of the vet visit and such. I’ll definitely keep that in mind for the next vet and refuse any vitamin shots. I’ll keep extra soaks to a minimum and just watch her carefully for...

Ok, thank you very much for all of the input. I had previously to last month been giving her the calcium only about 3 times a week and no vitamin supplements, but the vets I went to were very adamant that her vitamin A and calcium must be too low to be causing her issues and recommended that I...

It’s zoomed repticalcium with D3 and the vitamin is zoomed reptivite

The UVB light is a reptisun strip. She gets a calcium powder every other day and a vitamin powder a few times a week

My one year old Indian star tortoise is very sick. She’s had swelling for about a month and been to multiple vets during that time - one ER vet, one that I had to leave because she seemed to be very misinformed about tortoises, and then the last one said he thought she was just overweight. But...

Great! thank you very much :)

Thank you for the reply! I’m glad it seems like it’ll be ok since the torts’ health is always first. For the species- I prefer toads over frogs because I think they’re adorable, and I just think the Asian spiny toads are really cute! Their care is really simple so they’re great for first time...

Hi! I’m really wanting to buy a pet captive bred Asian Spiny toad, obviously it would be kept in a separate cage but it would likely be kept in the same room as the tortoises. My torts are both year old Indian stars, would that be safe? I would be washing my hands well between handling either...

I like Tortellini and Melvin! So excited for you!

Hi! I’m looking to make my Indian star tortoises their first outdoor container that’s not just a repurposed kiddie pool, but I’ve got a lot of questions about what’s needed. I know it needs to be covered, but do I need to put a bottom on it so they can’t burrow out? And if it does need a bottom...

Ok, I’ll try that then! Thank you so much for your help. I did have a problem with mold using eco earth coconut fiber and cypress mulch mixed before and had been looking to more airflow as a fix, but I think I’ve gotten that under control by stirring the substrate every few days. @Chubbs the...