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I think this will be the finished project for awhile...added more plants, moved the food to the corner, and made a few little hills. The "umbrella" plant is pretty cool. I'll have to watch for him...
Continued from http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Trevor-s-Big-Boy-Mansion-Enclosure-Photos:
I think this will be the finished project for awhile...added more plants, moved the food to the corner, and made a few little hills. The "umbrella" plant is pretty cool. I'll have to watch for him...
Continued from http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Trevor-s-Big-Boy-Mansion-Enclosure-Photos:
I think this will be the finished project for awhile...added more plants, moved the food to the corner, and made a few little hills. The "umbrella" plant is pretty cool. I'll have to watch for him...
So...it finally arrived...spoiled the tortoise and spent all our xmas money on a 18 sq ft (upgrade from 7/8 sq ft) Vision plastic tub and the lighting & heating to go with the larger enclosure! We have to wait until a weekend to test him out with the new fake plants I bought (he likes to climb...
For weeks Trevor hasn't been very active. He'll eat every few days if he feels like it or we put him in front of the food. Problem is most days we're gone early and home late. Didn't gain any weight this last month (we suspect his growth to be slowing down now that he's 4.3 inches). Temps...
Looking at getting a large enclosure, approx. 17 sq ft. Assuming due to room temps and compared to my current set up less than half that size, I'd need a MVB plus 2-3 60 W CHEs (I currently use 1 MVB + 1 CHE...we keep the house cold). Using a lamp stand for each bulb/fixture is an option that...
I am wanting to obtain a medium Vision tub, 68x35x14. But, the $200 tubs becomes $450 when you add the required freight shipping. No one seems to stock these as they ship straight from the manufacturer, no matter who you order from (such as LLL reptile)...
We got Trevor a new water dish at Lowe's since he finally outgrew his Groovy Jacuzzi (its so sad they don't make them any bigger). Picked up a mini plastic pond form and my hubby cut it in half with a hack saw (which doubled the purchase price--oops). This half has the nicest little ramp. Had...
Trevor peed and pooped at the same time today and with the pee there was a couple drops of very bright red blood on the substrate (but the urine didn't have blood in it--it was separate). He had a healthy vet check up Thursday except for pin worms (he had these last year and they got cleared up...
At just over 4 inches and a bit over 2 years, I think we have finally decided Trevor is a boy! He was temp sexed boy so we had always called him that, but for awhile the general opinion had been female. Whatcha think? Just in the last month his tail started getting huge.
Today we celebrated Trevor's second birthday (hatch day). Compare how big he's got with the hat photos (same hat!). Just the last couple days his tail grew a lot. Its always hooked to the side. I love when he wags it! Any guesses? We're still pretty unsure. Last guesses were female just...
This site says that the new 100 Watt T-Rex bulb that is sold at a lower price has a LOWER UVB output, "The less expensive T-Rex 100 Watt UV lamp has a lower output of beneficial UVB, more akin to what may be available to a reptile in shade on a sunny day. This is fine for forest or shade loving...
It was a great show. I was expecting more vendors, but we had a fun couple hours there. Listened to Jerry Novak from PNW Turtleworks, "Common Sense Keeping of Turtles and Tortoises in the Pacific Northwest". He sure has a laid back approach to keeping torts. Didn't stick around for any of...
Anyone else have a tort who waits for a bed time snack? Trevor likes to stand on his feeding tile and wait for us to give him a bite to eat before he heads off to bed. He'll go to bed without it, but he sure enjoys being spoiled! He's usually eaten all his food by then or I've cleared off the...
Hi everyone--long time no Trevor update. So here he is, a couple months shy of his 2nd birthday. The enclosure photo shows most of his enclosure except a bit below the camera--hoping to upgrade him in the next year from 8 sq ft to 16 sq ft. I found a cool stock tank that is 8 ft by 2 ft...
Hi! Long time no chat. Trevor has taken to waking early and going to bed late. He used to be awake (out of his burrow) from about 9am-4pm, and now it is more like 6am-7pm, in the matter of a week! I don't know if it is because he is older (almost 2), it's summer, or what. I sure like when...
Today I saw the cutest female Juvenile Sulcata at Denny's Pet World in Kirkland WA. In case anyone can give her a new home I thought I'd post. I don't have much information except she looks pretty good with only minor pyramiding, alert and healthy looking in my opinion, about 12 inches, and I...
My husband and I are in the process of writing up a will, so of course what we will do with Trevor came up.
What has everyone here done to plan for their tortoise/s in their will?
So far we have realized that our parents wouldn't want the responsibility of a pet. We are thinking of...
We had some good news with a bit of bad news at the vet. We love Trevor's vet--very knowledgeable, and she always takes a lot of time with us (we were there for over an hour, and they have 5pm appointments which is awesome), despite how busy she is.
This time a bird was in there whose...
Last weekend was an awesome expo in Western Washington. It was my first year going. Sorry, but no pictures. :( We only looked at the torts anyways. Mostly hatchling Sulcatas and Redfoots, about equal amounts. Sulcatas went fro about $50 while Redfoots were about $100. A few hatchlings...