those are nice looking Russians, and HUGE too. do you have SCL measurements for them or weights, you said the male is roughly 13yrs old, that second female looks like a monster
i have also read that weight also plays a small role, some where around 800grams for the female if she is in the 6" range. males can be sexually mature much younger and lighter/smaller like 4 1/2-5" and around 500-600grams
i have my male with 3 females all the time, and he never really bothers them. the male is 4 5/8" and the females range in size from 4 1/2"-5 1/8" my guess is none of them are sexually mature. they are all wild caught, i have read that there are some ways to encourage matting behavior, like...
ive read countless posts stating that keeping torts in aquariums w/ clear walls is a bad idea. they dont understand invisible barriers. when ever im at a pet store and they have torts in glass tanks all they do is try to walk through the glass........it's a known fact glass aquariums are not a...
they dont understand invisible barriers, they will do the same thing if put in a glass aquarium. you could try to buy those green/brown plastic slats and cut them down to like 6-8" and do the perimeter. you can kinda see through them though if you walk by them be at a certain angle but that may...
i wear vinyl gloves and weekly sift through the substrate, i pick out all their turds and any foreign objects. i also mist it several times a week. i will set my sprayer to the finest mist i get and i will spray the torts even i figure they encounter rain.
the heat lamp will reduce the humidity, but if anything that humidifier will probably create water droplets on the ceiling of that plastic, so look for that.
just keep the receipt and fill out the warranty card. mine have lasted almost since march and ive had no problems. just bring it back to where ever you got it (keep the package and stuff the receipt in there so you dont loose it. believe me there will always be bad reviews out there for almost...
RE: Let's play a game called "NAME THE WIERD STUFF AT CHRIS' HOUSE"
Walrus skull. some kinda whale baleen (blue wale also?) african grey parrot, is that a croc's upper jaw/snout or a saw fish bill? some creepy Juju masks, and maybe some spears? so have you gotten the circular breathing down...
the humid hide box is for juveniles right? i keep my substrate fairly moist but it drys out from time to time. all my RT's are at least 4 1/2 " do they need a humid hide like juvy?
yeah mine will climb onto his log hide then walk off the end w/ the entrance and just face plant. he's walked off his ramp before too. whatever they must be built for it.
what is it about Russians or probably torts in general but they seem to have great vision, but maybe lack depth perception. cuz mine will just walk right off rather high places in their tort table. i was kinda worried about him maybe breakin his neck cuz he will almost face plant and sometimes...
if he's by himself, i would but lots of things for him to climb on, even just log hides work. mine will climb on anything. i like to do breaks in the line of site if i have more than one. also i like little ramps leading up to a deep substrate area. they go up there at night now to burrow in the...
actually if you go into a petco, at least the one near me they want $89 for that same lamp. i was able to get it shipped to Ak for $47. the reason they are so spendy is cuz they are Mercury Vapor Bulbs and the Powersun UV's are self ballasted. so if they get to hot they shut off as a safety...