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Okay.. so, I canceled my order for the Sunglow bulb, and will order a che later. As for the moss, I did mention that It didnt seem like the right stuff, as it is clearly ground up instead of pulled apart like the stuff sold in the pet store, but I think it will do just fine (it IS sphagnom...

Our Wal-Mart is currently being remodeled and we dont have Orchards here. Ill see if I can find it somewhere else.

Ooops, my bad! 90-95 in the whole bin, or do you just mean the basking spot? Could you post a link to the black bulb that you use? Edit: Just finished putting moss under the covered portion of the bin. Measuring humidity/temps now.

Hmm.. maybe I will get a che. The bin is 30" x 18" .. this is too small for a hatchling? Heres some more pics with the red bulb.. which I'm not even going to use now.. but ehh why not show them? :P The readings here are of the end with the bulb. I added this piece of slate...

Yeah, all I have are 150 watts (I stocked up for my beardie) which would have to be hung from the ceiling, and this 50w red bulb. I can edit my order online until 2pm tomorrow, so once I get more opinions I'll decide what I'm going to do. I do believe an MVB would have too much UVB for a...

I didnt mean you were! I just dont want people to go 'Terrible!! BLAAH READ MORE!':P Thanks for all of your complements, I'm glad I am doing it right. Itort, I do have more moist moss in the hides, I dont think its the common 'pulled apart' kind as this seems to be ground up.. but I believe...

Thanks, thats where I have been getting most of my info, and it has helped a lot! I meant to say setting up my basking light when I just said setting up my light. I realized that all I have right now that is the correct wattage is a red bulb (Exo-Terra), are red bulbs bad in any way for...

This is the bin that I set up for my future Redfoot Tort. I'm 99.9% theres SOMETHING wrong with the setup, so please tell me what is wrong and how I can change it, but please dont be rude. :) Here it looks like the dirt is moldy or dry.. but that is just the way the flash made it look...

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I have been reading your replys, after the first two posts I decided to not go with this setup (and I stated that in the 3rd post of this thread). My plans were not to just leave it on the wood floor, no form of sealing in the closet or anything.. Anyways, thanks for all of your input. I will...

I meant tort :P I like to raise them up. Redfoots has a link to a caresheet on turtletary.com which is where I got the 65 degrees thing from.

With no experience at all I'd just like to add to the post, Itort says that they seldom come onto land and prowl the bottom. Now I do know and agree that they dwell on the bottom of their pond/swamp whatever. Although I see this particular snapper basking in the sand traps, dirt, grass, and...

Its not like it was going to be a bare closet as-is, I would have lined it and whatnot and made it humid and have a light etc etc and it would be what the tortoise could call home. I did mention that I was going to get the tortoise as small as I could get it then house it in the closet/room when...

Thanks for your input! I will now not be going the 'closet/free roam' route. I was pretty much going to make a tort table in my closet on the floor. Anyways, this is exactly the type of reply I was hoping for. Im located in Chicago and I guess it would actually be out for about 5 months (about a...

I'm getting a Redfooted Tortoise this weekend and I am planning on caging it in my bedroom closet which is 5x3. The closet will have correct humidity, substrate, heat, etc. but the tortoise will also have free run of my bedroom so is not confined to the small space. (I will also be housing it...

Ive been there mannyy times. Its... okay. So far the only torts Ive seen there are clearly WC.