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Mr. Pickles has been in his new enclosure now about 6 weeks. Remember for the first month, I wrote about I was worried I never actually saw him eating? I guess he must have been in small amounts, I just didn't catch him. Well..................over the past few weeks, he's been pigging out and...

Okie dokie...........as you all remember a few weeks ago our Mr. Pickles decided to do a little more exploring OUTSIDE of his ESCAPE PROOF enclosure...............we've since then, done a few modifications.......... BEFORE: as you can see, we think he "shimmied" his little 'arse' up this way...

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went out to check on Mr. Pickles before it got dark last night and he wasn't in the enclosure! I FREAKED! I got my husband and my daughter and we tore it up looking for him, thinking that he buried himself. NOPE..................I'm hysterical looking all over our...

Will try giving one to Mr. Pickles to see if he likes it. They're so pretty..........

The reason I'm asking is that Mr. Pickles has been in his new outdoor enclosure for almost 2 weeks and he refuses to eat any of the greens we put in there. When he was in his tank he used to gobble up ALL his spring mix and any "treats" I put in there for him, twice a day. Ever since we set him...

Since Mr. Pickles is outside 24/7 now. Does he "know" to go into his burrow at night and to come out when it's light? I have no clue. Until now, he's had the light turned on at a certain time, fed twice a day and he basked under the lamp or dug a little hole and snoozed in his log. I finally...

I swear he smiled at me when he went into his burrow for the first time...............He ran amok for a little then headed up the little walkway to his main burrow, stuck his head WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY out, looked around then ventured inside...........haven't seen him since. lol I think he likes it...

Hi there! Mr. Pickles has been going in his new enclosure all day and he's loving it. He stomps around, finding new places to dig himself a little hole and he sits and snoozes, he stomps around some more exploring. We've put a mixture of soil/bark in his main burrow and we've got the...

I've decided that I want some sort of "top" for most of the enclosure. I thought chicken wire. My husband could rig something up, but then he suggested bird netting. Easier to work with yet still get the same safety from air born predators. Is this a good choice? The sun won't have any...

I put Mr. Pickles in his new outdoor enclosure for the first time. I watched him for a bit, took some pics then walked away. Feeling like I'm letting my child go off into the world alone. lol I put him by the water. He sniffed for a bit, stuck his head out and walked to the nearest green...

The main burrow (which is made up of cinder blocks, insulation boards, concrete and dirt) is in the middle facing south. There are two other little hidey holes on either end of the enclosure. They are broken pots 1/2 buried in the dirt. Got a lot of different weeds, grasses and flowers...

Do we just put him out there when it's ready? Or......do we put him out there for a few hours at a time? Do we still put his old food out there to til he gets used to eating all the grasses, weeds and flowers that are out there now? Do torti's transition well or will he be scared sh**less for...

We're in southern AZ and Mr. Pickles has been in a large tank since we got him last year. My husband has worked hard to make a desert oasis for Mr. Pickles outside. We're almost finished. Questions: How do we transition him? Just put him out there? Put him out there a few hours each day...

We're building an outdoor enclosure for our Greek Torti and confused as to what to have for the substrate. We live in a VERY HOT,DRY climate outside of Tucson, AZ. We'll be digging out burrows for our little guy, have plenty of shady areas and plants for him to munch on and to hide in but...

Hello guys! It's been a long while since I've posted about Mr. Pickles! (remember, I joined in late Jan. and bugged everybody. lol) Mr. Pickles is doing great but we need to get him outside. Here are some issues I need help with. 1. We're in southern AZ and the temp right now is above 100...

Ok, we've had Mr. Pickles almost 2 months now. He's currently in a huge long tank. We want to build an outdoor enclosure for the spring/summer months. First. We're in Southern AZ, it's HOT! We're in the 80's already and will get hotter by the day. We have a nice backyard. It's ALL gravel...

We have 4 rescued Persian kitties and Puddin is the only one we shave once a year. His fur is thick and wooley and as much as we brush, at times we cannot keep up and we shave him. He loves it. He can clean himself now and he looks so handsome.......... Here is also our newest rescue...

Mr. Pickles is in a huge tank, however, I would like to let him"roam" or play outside, with my close supervision of course. We live in southern AZ and while it's chilly here, during the day is nice right now and was wondering if he'd like stretching his legs sorta speak. Of course I'd be right...

We've had our torti for almost 2 weeks now and I've never thought about it or to even ask. Do they bite? If so, how bad does it hurt? Our little guy seem so friendly and personable, I can't imagine him snapping at us.......I thought I'd ask. lol

got any idea what kind of Greek Mr. Pickles is???