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I believe I have a mild problem. I built a new leopard enclosure, I usually put in the substrate and hang the heating lighting same day, it's always happened that way in the past but this time I had something pop up while I was adding the damp Eco earth (I soaked the bricks in extremely hot...

I know that the leaves and blooms off squash vines are safe to feed as part of varied diet but I was wondering about the leaves and blooms from cantaloupe? I have some growing, chemical free so I thought if it was safe I would take advantage of it. Figured I would ask about the other melons...

I have 3 Sulcata, all just over a year old, that are looking for new homes. I have decided to downsize to just certain species and focus my time on those. I'm not asking any type of fee, you will only have to pay for shipping or if you are close enough to meet I can do that. They have all been...

I have a leopard named Ivory. She is just over a year old now. History: Last August I got tortoise crazy and ordered 3 leopard hatchlings, I had ordered 2 more but they had to be sent 2 wks later due to their age. When I got the first 3 they was kinda odd looking. Little rough I guess you could...

I may be over thinking this but wanted some opinions on it anyways. When uv Rays are at their strongest a fair skinned person can receive their daily need in 15 minutes or so but a dark skinned person may require 6 times that amount. Ok. So I was thinking, does this also apply to our shelled...

I would like to introduce Jessee to everyone. Not the best pic but he is settling in right now and I didn't want to bother him to much. He was hatched in Dec 2014 so he's around 7 months old, weighs 310 grams (after a bathroom break) and is 41/2" long.

I built ivory a new enclosure and now I'm starting on an enclosure for the Aldabra. Of course the Aldabra enclosure is going to be room size but the issue I'm already having with Ivory enclosure is heat. I have used CHE the whole time I have had my tortoises and they work but what I seeing in...

So I found this guy in my yard today. I haven't seen one of these around since I was a kid so it makes me wonder if someone dropped him in my yard since people know I have other "turtles". On the other hand he looks as tho he has lead a rough life so perhaps he is wild and after 25 years of not...

I have debated with this for a couple months, went back and forth, weighted the pros and cons and sat and thought about it some more and I have finally decided to find new homes for these 3 big guys. I originally got them from DeanS here on the forum last summer. Marv kept the same name, Sudan 2...

So I am finally starting to see some grass and weeds popping back out and have actually had a day or two that temps allowed the big guys to go out for a couple hours of grazing. I watched intensely as Marv moved around munching on this and that. I have IDed the majority of what he chose to eat...

I am wanting to add some plants to my garden/yard this spring and was attempting to add things that could double as a food source for my torts. I came across some ants labeled "dinosaur food". So I did a quick internet search and gathered some info on the plant but not sure if I could feed it...

Hey everyone, I am getting ready to build a new, much larger indoor enclosure for my torts. I have put some serious thought into this build and have come up with a great floor plan and have decided that I would like to make the living environment as close to natural as possible. I have spent the...

Hello all. I would like to know what's the best way to get little ones outside for some sun during the cold months. I have uvb lights, zoo med high output florescent tube type but I'm really thinking my baby's need more. It's been a couple weeks, maybe 4 since I took any of them out for natural...

I have to decide what or I guess I should say who I want to keep and who I will have to part with soon. I plan on getting an Aldabra after the first of the year and I am trying to decide what I'm going to do. I need some advise on my leopards before I make a decision. 1) can you house the...

So with winter coming, and it beening my first winter with the tortoises, I'm slightly nervous. Ok I'm really nervous. Expectially when it comes to the big guys outside. I will have to make adjustments to their diet and for the big guys I have to make sure their temps are safe as well. So I am...

I am needing to order some Mazuri so I'm checking sites and I start seeing that there is a Mazuri and a mazuri LS, I have sulcata and leopards, which kind do I need? I do not want to have to pay a bunch of shipping charges so I figured I would just get a big bag, should last awhile, couple...

I set my enclosures up differently couple days ago. I like to keep them set up around the same way, it's just easier for me that way. So I have the tube lighting that hangs over entire enclosure for UVB and I have the CHE and basking light on the right side of the enclosure. I have their humid...

Today I noticed one the leopards eyes are closed. I took them out for their daily sun and I noticed he wasn't really motoring around and usually he is one of the more active ones. When I gathered them up to bring in his eyes was closed and he really didn't move, I thought, u silly thing, you...

When you are looking up nutritional values of certain items, what should you been looking for? Fiber, vit a,b,c, calcium? Or every single thing? What should I look at to see which is more nutritional for my tortoise? I found 2 different value tables but didn't know which I should really compare...

Since winter is really creeping up on us here in Tennessee I want to experiment with the grass and weeds available to me while their still available so maybe when winter is here and has killed all my greenery I can still give it to all my torts. I am going to do a couple different experiments...