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Hi! I used to be a really active member, back in 2012-2013 when I got my tortoise, Carl. I haven't been on this forum in so long but a little problem I'm having with Carl brought me back. I am kind of excited to be back and see some old familiar faces as well as probably a TON of new ones...

Hi- I joined the forum a few years ago but figured reintroductions might be necessary since I haven't been here in a LONG time! The awesome people on the forum were INCREDIBLY helpful when I was first getting started with my tortoise, and almost three years later I've found my way back again...

Hi all! I used to frequent the forums a couple years ago when I first got my Hermann's tortoise but haven't been back in a LOOONG time. Hope to see some familiar faces! ANYWAYS, I upgraded my two 3 year old Hermann's tortoise from a 40 gallon breeder to a large "christmas tree" storage...

We started the building of Carl's new outdoor enclosure almost two weeks ago. It has been a long and complicated process but I just got all the dirt in, some plants planted, and Carl is currently in the process of testing my tortoise proofing skills. I will post a few pictures of the...

I know he (she?) is still pretty small but he (she) is definitely looking female to me.

I was just looking at Carl today... and while I'm sure it's been an ongoing process he just looks like he got so big all of a sudden... I never really noticed him growing but today I stepped back and thought "wow, he's not a baby anymore"... it was bittersweet :( He has gotten pretty handsome...

I bought some grass seed to plant in Carl's enclosure and just noticed that it says it's treated with this chemical. If I waited to put Carl in the enclosure until the grass has germinated and grown, would it be okay to use this seed or should I find something that is not treated with this...

I was feeding my little yearling Hermann's yesterday and he came running like he always does. His substrate is coconut coir covered with cypress mulch. There was a really long piece of mulch with one end buried under a rock. Carl got stuck on the other side of mulch that was pushing into his...

I am planning out my first home-made enclosure and already have way too many questions. The most important issue is that it needs to be portable, as I'm planning on moving within a couple of years. The plan so far is to make a 4x6x3ft box out of some leftover timbers we have after making a...

I finally figured out how to post a new topic via phone! Anyways,thought I'd share this funny picture. I potted the plants to give them a chance to become pesticide free. I left for five minutes to go dig him up some dandelions and came back to this. Dang little guy is bigger than I thought...

I went to the zoo a week ago and there were a lot of funny tortoises. The lemurs in the Madagascar exhibit were, once again, using the radiateds as arm rests by the heat lamps. But my favorite tortoise moment was this:

Petco just started carrying small bags of Mazuri! Yes it is more expensive than what I got online and there's only the smallest bags, but I'd rather get one more expensive pound and actually use it all before it expires than three cheaper pounds and throw most of it away. Just thought I'd...

Today I did all of Carl's measurements, I've been slacking the past couple of months... When I first started weighing the little tyke in August, when he was about 4 months old, he was barely 2 inches long and weighed 28.4 grams.... TODAY, just shy of his first birthday Carl is 7.75...

I was given a bengal/desert lynx mix kitten by some person that I didn't even really know... His old name is Mundo and I didn't like it so I changed his name to Mr. Spock, Spocky for short. I have always wanted a bengal because they are so much like dogs compared to other cats... and when...

I am so new to this artificial humidity thing.... I have it hooked up to a timer that works at half hour increments. I was thinking of having it set to run for a half an hour, then turned off for a half an hour, etc. Should I have it on and/or off for longer time increments? When it's on...

My basement is the "reptile room". It's a pretty open basement, so unfortunately humidifying it completely, especially since it is completely open to the upstairs as well (it's a "half basement", I guess?) is going to be difficult. Would it be better to get something like the zoomed...

I have heard nothing except things that have scared me away from brumating lil' Carl. However, I am starting to wonder if some of my current issues could be solved by brumating him over the coldest portion of winter. My biggest problem is the humidity. In Nebraska, it's ridiculously humid in...

I decided it was nice and sunny enough today for Carl to take a little field trip outdoors for a half an hour or so. I set up an old cake pan with pretty high walls in the sunniest spot on our deck, and ran an extension cord out with a 75watt lamp attached to the cake pan.... made it all nice...

I work at a petstore and last night someone brought in three baby guinea pigs that they found running around in a parking lot. We didn't have room for them so I took them home and am going to rehome them myself. They are all sooo scared at the moment but also very adorable. It's going to...

I know that most people are reviewing online sources here, but I felt the need to add this in here for my Nebraska friends. BARTS is a petstore that specializes in anything exotic:birds, small animals, etc. They obviously seem to make most of their money from their reptiles, since half the...