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Not my tortoise, wanted to share these ongoing discussions from Reddit:

I use Bing to source my desktop wallpaper of the day, today's fun surprise was this Indian Star Tortoise - and what a good desktop background he is too: https://bingwallpaper.anerg.com/detail/us/IndianStarTortoise

lol you've got me picturing House as a tortoise, limping around making snarky comments about Cuddy and popping pain pills.

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the advice

Good to know on the peat moss. I've ordered 4 of those orchid barks, but here's my concern: I used about 2 cu/ya of peat moss to get 6" depth in the current enclosure, and the new enclosure I'm building is bigger and will be much deeper. Should I anticipate using only orchid bark for the whole...

There is but they don't stock this or anything like it. Same for Lowe's here but both list it online so I'll get some ordered tonight Yes, not seeing any Yeah I've had to resort to heating/humidifying the entire room since these enclosures weren't cutting it otherwise. Once I get the permanent...

She just had a medium diarrhea in her enclosure a few minutes ago. I took her to the bathroom for a soak and she passed a small firm poop, and when I took her out she walked a few feet and had a large diarrhea followed by a medium firm poop. Never seen her do any of that before but I don't see...

Thanks, so is that to say both variations I mentioned are not good? I had seen her try to eat the long-fiber type which is what led me to remove that but she hasn't shown any interest in the Premier topsoil type stuff at all. Nonetheless I will look around some more for orchid bark, so far all...

I'm still a bit confused by the sphagnum moss thing maybe you can set me straight: Attached are the two different types of "sphagnum moss" I found at my local big box, Mosser Lee Long Fiber, and Premier Sphagnum Peat Moss. I initially used both mixed together, but after reading about about the...

My 10yo female redfoot has been with me for a few months now and all she does most days is hang out in one hide or the other, rarely coming out or walking around. She also doesn't eat every day, more like every other or every 3rd day which has me concerned because if I put food right in front of...

I feel this pain so much and I'm very sorry you're experiencing this. I once re-homed a loved pet when I was too depressed to provide proper care. I beat myself up for it hard but now the sadness and grief is greatly outweighed by the reassurance that they went someplace better so I could also...

I figured this to be the case, I always make sure to support her legs after reading one of your posts about it here and being wrapped in the towel seems to be even better. She's normally very shy but wrapped in the towel she puts her neck way out and is curiously gawking at everything in sight...

I've been wrapping Taco in a towel to carry her back from her morning soak on account of it still being a bit chilly here. The first time I did this she wanted nothing to do with it but her demeanor changed quickly once she felt the fabric, and now she will nestle in and stay in there for...

Ah yeah that makes sense ha funny you should mention this because it was actually my first idea before I had to tell myself I was doing too much; I like to overengineer stuff lol I may or may not have used joist hangers in the making of this thing but if there's ever a tornado here you know...

My project is a fully-enclosed indoor habitat that will be 4'x8' and 3' tall. It has 2x4 walls on a 2x6 platform, so I'll be able to wire, plumb, and insulate it like a little mini house. In theory, I shouldn't need much wattage to maintain it. My bigger aim is to have the heating elements...

I've looked over many (all?) of the heating solutions being sold for reptile/tortoise enclosures and it sort of seems like the best tools available are Ceramic Heat Bulbs, Deep Heat Projector Bulbs, or Radiant Heat Panels - these options feel a bit underwhelming and definitely not scalable so I...

Thanks everyone! I've read so many of your posts on here recently and looking forward to more!

Lol so I stumbled across this post while learning about my new friend and figured I should finally create an account - it took a minute but Taco is settling in with us really well in a bigger temporary enclosure while I build a new 4'x8'x36" one. She got some sunshine on the one warm day we...