Thanks. I'd never heard of Orchid Bark before. I'm thinking of mixing Eco Earth soil and Repti-bark Coco Coir (ground). I'm planning now and will buy everything when my enclosure is moved. :)
I bought a 2' x 4' enclosure a few months ago, just before I decided to look to move. I decided to wait until I was in the new place to get my new tort buddy.
Now I'm getting ready to move and am planning out what to get to set up my enclosure properly for a Greek tort. This will be my...
Ooo Thanks for the input. I don't know whether I will get a baby, juvenile, or adult. I wasn't even originally considering getting a star because they do not sell them in my area :) I'll have to see how old the ones at the reptile expo are :D
Hi,
I have been looking forward to becoming a first time tort mom for about a month now (when I started working on my enclosure). I'm almost ready for a tort (just need the lighting and substrate) and was planning on a Greek tortoise (which I have extensively researched).
A reptile expo...
I know there have been posts on this, but they all give varying information depending on the exact breed of Greek, ect. I'm preparing to get my first Greek Tort, and still need to buy the substrate. I want to do a 50/50 mix of something (or 40/60 is fine).
I'm leaning toward Coconut Coir and...
Hi! So I just got my first enclosure. I know some people are against glass enclosures for various reasons, but this one seems good for several reasons in my opinion.
Right now this is the layout:
1. black tape around 5 inches of the bottom to keep the tort from looking out
2. the lighting...
I live in New York (USA). Right now I do not have a backyard but in about 2 or 3 years I hope to (saving to move). My room temps can waiver anywhere from 60 to 80 depending on the season.
As for the UV bulb, I was thinking that a strip would be better than a round bulb, to distribute the rays...
Thank you for setting me straight. Some info online is confusing after you sift through all of it. I am now planning on a uva/uvb strip, a CHE, and a basking bulb for the enclosure :) Hope that sounds good (thinking maybe 75Watt?)
Hm. That's an interesting set-up you have there. So if at 18" the 50% of the UV makes it to the floor, I should definitely see about hanging my UV bulb inside the enclosure (perhaps 4 inches or so from the ceiling mesh). As for heat, I'm not as concerned about that because it seems an under the...
Okay. So my enclosure is 21" high... I can't make it any shorter unfortunately, and it has a screen top. So maybe I can hang the basking bulb from the grating inside the enclosure (so it's closer to the tort). My room is often cool (eg:65-75 degree's) and not warm throughout the year.
For the...
Hi All,
I am a soon to be Greek Tort owner and have just gotten my first enclosure (4 by 2 feet). I want to make sure that I distribute the UV rays and heat evenly and I still find the whole "lighting" category slightly confusing.
I know that there is the Zoo Med PowerSun UV...
okay. Thank you so much. I didn't think that was normal. The outer layer of the log is fine. I will make sure to sand the inside before I get my Tortoise! :)
Hi. I'm a soon to be first time greek tort owner. I just purchases this reptile hollowed half log and it keeps giving my micro splinters when I handle it (from the under/inner side). I don't see anyone complaining about that online, so is my log not properly sanded/is it defective??? My main...
Spider Plants? I had no idea :) I'm putting together my first tortoise enclosure now, and I've been looking into getting some live plants. That one is easy to find. Thx!
Any other easy to find plants you can suggest? (I know the list is long, but I'm just trying to see about a few types...
Hi Everyone!
I am a soon to be Greek Tortoise mama, and have been doing a lot of research as of late about Tortoise diets. Some facts are contradictory, and I am landscaping my Tort's enclosure now, so I was hoping someone could give me some advise!
This is the diet list I have put together...
I'm sure I'll be taking some sort of action along those lines, as my sister is an animal lover and likes working in the animal retail feild. I hope one day people can be better educated on torts and reptiles in general. I don't know how many people I know think that Tort's can swim.... :tort: I...
When I first started looking into getting a Tortoise, I took a trip over to Petco where my sister worked. I'd been a member of this forum for a little bit by then, and immediately knew that the tortoises were not being "well cared for." There were three tortoises in one enclosure no larger than...
My sister works in petco as a lower manager and I just wanted to share my knowledge on the matter.
It seems that the main petstore branches (like Petco and Petsmart) have regulations on how they can house their torts. Unfortunately, the "regulations" are very lacking in what a tort should...