http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/03/06/surgeons-remove-915-coins-swallowed-by-thai-sea-turtle.html
This is why you need to watch whats in your tortoise pen.
Just a question about calcium. How much calcium should a Sulcata receive and how do we know we are giving them enough or too much. Could all of these bladder stone problems be not only because of a dry environment but also because we are giving them too much calcium? I wonder how much calcium a...
My sulcata is 4 yrs old and had been living outdoors all summer. He has a heated night box at 81 deg. Now that the weather is getting colder last night was 40 deg. going down to 28 tonight should I be keeping the night box warmer as he will not be able to bask outside because of the temps. Just...
Finished the new outdoor enclosure 24x48 feet. Night box is one designed by Tom, Night temperatures are kept 85-87 degrees hope that is warm enough. Took 1 day for Cosmo and Wanda to go in at night and now a few days later they go in at night all by themselves ( don't know if male or female)...
I went to Tractor Supply a couple of weeks ago and saw that they sell hay pellets. They look like rabbit food pellets but are sold for horses, sheep, goats etc. The one I looked at was orchard grass hay, they also sell alfalfa and timothy in these pellets. I checked the ingredients and it was...
Finished my outdoor hide all wired up and ready to go. I was wondering at what temp most people keep theirs. It is for a sulcata. The temp I have it set at now is 87 and it has been holding that temp good maybe up or down 1 degree and is heated with an oil heater and small fan to circulate the...
Ok I am in the middle of building an outdoor hide and I have the thermostat all figured out now I am looking at the small oil filled heaters. I was thinking about the optimus h-6002. The hide is 4x4x2 does anyone use this heater and would this be what I need. It is for a sulacata and not for the...
I am working on my outside hide and I purchased a Zilla Thermostat. It says on the package not to install in terrarium. Is it because of humidity or getting wet or is it because it may read the wrong temperature? I was looking at the way people here seem to put it in a plastic box but with the...
I am thinking of making a hide like the one Tom has and I was wondering about heating it. I saw in the store today a ceramic heater with a thermostat all ready built into it and it also oscillates if you want it too. It had a high and low setting if you wanted to bypass the thermostat. I...
If anyone in New York needs cypress mulch I just picked up 2cu foot bags for $1.60 at Lowes in Newburgh NY. I dont know if the other Lowes in NY also has it for that price but they were orig $3.60 a bag.