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Hey all, It's been a while since I've posted on here. My guy Milo is about 1.5yrs old , has been growing a lot, and generally doing really well. I have noticed very slight pyramiding the past few weeks. It's nothing severe, but I want to be sure it doesn't continue. This is surprising, as I...

Hi all, Please take a look at these pics and let me know what you think. Is this shell rot? A little over a month ago I moved him to a viv with a bioactive substrate. I pour water down the side in to the lower levels where there are heat ropes, so the top stays pretty dry. There is dirt, coco...

I recently finished Milo's new vivarium. Thanks to Chris and TerryO on the suggestions! Substrate is bioactive, with 6inches of cyprus/soil/coco coir mixture, a little sand, and some worms and isopods. I laid down some heat ropes 3-4 inches from the top, and with a plastic storage bin lid on...

I recently finished putting together Milo's new vivarium.

Hey everyone, I'm going to move my RF in to an aquarium soon. (Thanks to TerryO for the advice!) He's just shy of 3inches and starting to come out of his ultra-shy hatchling phase. Here's my situation: I bought a 75gallon aquarium off Craigslist for $60. To see if I could sell it for more, I...

Is there any concern with putting a heat rope under a substrate that plants are growing in (either potted or not)?

Hey all, My RF many times has, in my opinion, an odd eating habit. I will put his food in his enclosure and he'll chomp away. He'll eat for 5-7minutes, and really get in to it, especially if it's one of his favorites (as expected). Then he'll look around the food and wander off to another area...

Hey People in Minnesota! Saw these two tortoises on craigslist. Wish I could take them, but I can't at this point. Maybe you could talk him down. http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/for/3740193795.html

"We have been into tortoises and turtles of various types for decades..." That's surprising, considering the pic. Maybe they had rescued him from somewhere else. Hope someone can take this guy! http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/pet/3815676913.html

Pretty cool. In case you've never seen this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKGVoXX4jug

After my RF finished his soak, I smelled a horrible poop stench coming from his body. I checked him out and didn't see anything unusual. I thought perhaps there was poop wedged in somewhere between scutes from laying on top of it, but I couldn't find any. Even after lightly brushing his shell...

I've been experiencing some very severe allergy symptoms. I'm not sure if it's anything tortoise-related. I got the tort 3 months ago, and have been having these symptoms for 2 months. I have read that sphagnum moss can cause allergic reactions. My symptoms are (sorry to be gross): post-nasal...

Hi all, Has anyone played around with an under-substrate watering system for an indoor enclosure? My thought is to hook a timed humidifier up to a pvc pipe that travels under the substrate. The pipe would section off in to 2 or 3 branches to cover more area, and they would have holes drilled in...

2 small dark dots on bottom right and left scutes, and single black dot near the top in middle, overlapping across 2 scutes. What about the white-ish area under that topmost dot? Substrate is organic soil and sphagnum moss. Been keeping it moist, but not saturated--- that's why I think this...

Hi everyone, Even though the hygrometer always reads in the 70-80%'s in my tort's enclosure, the sphagnum moss and organic soil just under it my guy likes to burrow in sometimes seems more than just "moist." I've read a bit on how sphagnum moss can make tortoises (redfoots) susceptible to...

I'm a new redfoot hatchling owner as of last week, and so far so good. He/she is energetic, exploratory, and eating well. For the humid hide, I cut a small hole in a shoe-box sized plastic storage container and put a few inches of sphagnum moss in it, placing it under the ceramic heat emitter. I...