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  1. tortoise_luvergirl

    Normal for a 2 yr old Sulcata to "hump" things?

    Well i Discovered Willow is actually a MALE and not a female as I thought.. he decided to show himself a few times and has this bad habit of right as I am feeding him, Climb on his food dish and " hump" it while making squinty eyes and squeaky noises. he is only 2 yrs old and quite obsessed with...
  2. tortoise_luvergirl

    Tortoise "in rut"??

    WIllow I guess Must be a male ( yes he/she made it.. window is now fixed if you've followed my posts).. The plastron is starting to grow concave and "he" is starting to do some pretty weird things.. Like rubbing itself on rocks,food and water dish. "squeaking with mouth open" and at times...
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    is willow DYING?????

    Willow has been having BMs only once a week, eats about the same but spends about 90% of her time sleeping. What seems to have sparked this huge change is the fire that burned the house down and busted one pane of glass in my double paned window november 14th. Even soeaking her daily for 30...
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    my sulcata has not had a BM in over a week

    my Sulcata, WIllow has not had a BM in a little over a week but is still eating like crazy and moves about her enclosure. The only difference is there was a fire in the house that used to be next to mine ( it burned down). It also resulted in cracked windows on one side of my house and cooler...
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    Sulcata training?

    OK so I used to think Turtles/tortoises were dumb animals. People still don't believe this one! When I call my torts name or say FOOD.. she will come out of her sleeping corner and over to her food dish. Unfortunately she has also taught herself to "rear up" if she thinks I have something for...
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    zoo med tortoise house= BAD IDEA!

    Well now thanks to that stupid cedar tortoise house, my poor little willow is at the VETS at least overnight with an IV in her so they can flush the poisons from her system. I Just hope we caught it in time. We do know she was sick from the cedar, even after being in the dog crate becuase...
  7. tortoise_luvergirl

    tortoise house.. do not buy!

    Just wanted to let anyone know who is considering buying Zoo med's tortoise house for their tort.. don't. Not even for a small species.. had one for my tort and even being small at 1 yr old she had continuosly scraped her plastron on the interior frame, so I had to first have a "bandage" on it (...
  8. tortoise_luvergirl

    using only a mercury vapor lamp for UV?

    Ussually I use both a mercury vapor lamp AND a vitalite( stick UV light) for WIllow during the winter months and indoors.. Well the lamp burned out well before it was supposed to ( only 3 months old), I tried a different tube in the fixture and it lit up but it's not a UV light. WIllow hasn't...
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    hoof repair for plastron scrape?

    Willow, my 1 yr old Sulcata has become so hyper she managed to scrape her Plastron hinges on her log ( which is now removed). I put green duct tape on as a TEMP BANDAGE since I wanted to protect her from further damage untill her vet could be reached( this happened last weekend). When I did call...
  10. tortoise_luvergirl

    willow keeps destroying enclosures :(

    for being only one yr old ( this month) WIllow sure is strong minded and willed. I am now on her THIRD enclosure ( the last two she bashed holes in the sides) and now she has started shredding the wood in this one as well. When I am downstairs I can hear her stomping around and making quite a...
  11. tortoise_luvergirl

    too much romaine lettuce?

    for the past two days, my sulcata .. Willow has had romaine lettuce as a rare treat.. she loved it but Now has the runs really bad! she is still eating and will exercise when placed outside or on the floor. but in her indoor enclosure she hides in one corner.. Unless fed or people come to visit...
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    OUCH! Willow Bit me.. Twice :(

    I am having a major surgery and won't be able to be upstairs in my regular room for about 12 weeks while healing. Since I bring Willow in at night my family figured we'd move willow and her belongings to the downstairs room where I will be staying to heal. Well when I went to pick WIllow up she...
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    willow moving away from her heat lamp

    My 10 month old sulcata, Willow keeps moving AWAY from her heat lamps, day or night. She only does this IN her enclosure but does not avoid the sun when outside. She eats like crazy, is not constipated and is quite active. Lately the daytime temps ( if kept inside) have been anywhere from 95 to...
  14. tortoise_luvergirl

    tiny white worms in clover/flowers... what are they?

    I went outside tonight to pick some clover/grass/dandelion greens and white clover flowers ( it's been a bit chilly and rainy besides having cruel neighbors so I bring willow in at night). I put my pickings in her food dish in her indoor house and was very alarmed to see a tiny white worm in...
  15. tortoise_luvergirl

    WIllow refuses to sleep in her enclosure

    I may have to go from a tortoise table to an actual wood/w screen top enclosure when willow is inside( I live in MN) . She absolutely REFUSES to sleep in her own bed and prefers mine. She has figured how to climb OUT of her tort table by piling items in a corner to get to my bed( I put the table...
  16. tortoise_luvergirl

    how fast should a healthy sulcata be growing?

    My "baby" sulcata went from silver dollar size when I got her in september to now larger then my hand at 9 months old. She don't get store bought things but weeds,clover,grasses,timothy hay and some flowers and leaves. I no longer feed her daily but every other day.. No pyramiding just growing...
  17. tortoise_luvergirl

    growing "too fast"?

    I noticed Willow is growing quite rapidly ( NO shell pyramiding though :D ), Two months ago when I got her, she was a tiny hatchling, now she is nearly the size of my palm. She does eat alot but I don't ussually give her store bought items except once in awhile as a treat ( like bok choy) She...
  18. tortoise_luvergirl

    my baby sulcata just started "burrowing"

    This just started a few days ago since Willow ( she is now 3 months old) has never dug or burrowed in her bedding before, I hope she isn't trying to "hibernate"? She will go in her log and dig out the cypress mulch bedding.. right down to the enclosure's wood floor. even after she's done that...
  19. tortoise_luvergirl

    can you "spoil" a tortoise?

    Just wondering if you can spoil a tortoise like you can a child or dog? I have been letting Willow on my bed to wander( she LOVES this!) for a bit at night but then seems to NOT want to be back in her enclosure. it's funny to watch her becuase she nips at my comfortor,pillows and anything else...
  20. tortoise_luvergirl

    one SPOILED and Loved Tortoise :)

    All the new things I ordered for WIllow just arrived today and she seems so much happier and much more active with her new surroundings ( Cypress mulch bedding, habahut Log.. which she LOVES climbing, stone corner food dish, stone water basin.. large enough for her to take her LOOONG soaks in...
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