I'll try to get some current pics. Have made improvements to the triple decker turtle condos. Sight barriers on the ones that had plexiglass fronts, heat emitters instead of incandescent bulbs, larger humidity boxes, more temperature control.
The new growth on the redfoots is flat, the...
Hi All
I'm Halfnelson and I've been a member for a couple years at least but haven't been here for awhile.
I live in Anchorage Alaska. I have 3/2 Three Toed Box Turtles, 1/1 Red Footed tortoises and 1 Russian Tortoise.
They are all housed indoors year round with short trips to the backyard...
Hi, I'm in Anchorage. Not sure how well stocked your store is, but I have good success with collard greens, mustard green, endive. Is there a health food store there? Ours carries dandelion greens. Dandelions also grow well in pots in a sunny window in winter. Sprouting is an option too...
Mine are inside year round, with supervised walks outside when it's warmer than 65 degrees. We plan to build an outside enclosure but they would still have to be supervised.
I've shopped at many of these sites for various products. All of them charges ridiculous amounts to ship to Alaska. I get all I can locally at hardware stores, but our only pet store choices are Petco and PetZoo. I recently bought a Kane heat mat from Kane Manufacturing rather at a much lower...
Pet Guys is pretty good. I ordered some stiff from LLLReptile but 2 days later they emailed me and tripled the shipping charge. I have found stuff on Amazon.com that offers free shipping.
If they are fungus gnats, I read somewhere that mixing some sand into the surface of your substrate should kill the larva. I catch some with sticky strips and I occationally water the potted plants (but not the substrate) with soapy water.
Okay, the plan for this weekend will be bo either cover the plexiglass so Mikey can't see out or replace it with wood. Replace the light bulb in the clamp light with a ceramic heat emitter and add a second clamp fixture with ceramic heater on the 'cool' end, replace UVB light with a regular...
Do the gnats not survive in cypress mulch? I can do the sight barrier, I'll put some paper over it until I can get to the hardware store. If I shut off the UVB light is it okay to leave the clamp light over the basking area?[hr]
Mikey was given to me about 3 weeks ago. To learn is why I'm...
One of them did for the first week but now she ignores it. I plan on building another triple decker and I think I will remove the plexiglass, cut each piece in half so it is 6"X6' instead of 12"X6', and put a 6"inch high strip of wood on the front so they can't look straight out. Or maybe not...
If what you have is fungus gnats like I do, it's my understanding that they breed in decaying vegetation. Usually in the soil of potted plants where the larva eat through the roots and can eventually kill the plant. I use forest floor moss in the hides and the gnats quickly infest that, bed a...
Only that it is too dry. Plus, I'm not totally using it as substrate, I just contain the substrate in several interlocking trays and provide a hide full of damp moss. If I had a separate building for the turtles I would cover the whole floor with substrate and not worry about the gnats. They...