I have a male (has flashed many times) redfoot named Bob. I would like to adopt out to someone in a warmer climate. I adopted bob off Craigslist a few years back to get him out of a very bad situation. If you search my posts you can see him and his story. He is very healthy and friendly. The...
i just put a 7 month old nat geo mvb bulb in my adult redfoot enclosure. Bobs shell temp is 94 degrees when he basks. The rest of the enclosure is a 80 degrees. Is that a good basking temp for an adult? He seems to love it under the light. Would a nat geo mvb still be emitting useable uvb at...
Does any one have one? Any idea how long they emit uvb? I have one that's about 7 months old but I don't have a uv meter to check output. I moved it from my sulcata enclosure because I bought a mega ray. I put it in my adult redfoot enclosure and he love to bask under it but I'm curious if it...
I just read their sulcata info on temps / soaking ect. Seems to be TOTALLY different than what is posted here. Just wondering who seems more correct? I have read a lot of Toms posts / info. I have been raising Roxy based on Toms advice and it seems to work for me. Roxy is smoothing out and...
Roxy is now about 475 grams (after a soak / poop). She is an estimated 10months old based off prev. Owners info. She has grown a lot! She was started and raised totally dry until I adopted her and went closed chamber. Does this seem ok? I know they are all different just curious.
At what age / size does humidity become less important? I live in MN and roxy is 9-10 months old. She is growing fast. I rescued her in April at 183 grams and she is now 435 grams. She was pyramided when I got her and she seems to be smoothing out with new growth. I am just curious when...
I have read here that tortoises only eat when they are hungry and not to worry about over feeding. Roxy is about 8 months old now 6months old when I got her according to old owners. She's about 260 grams and growing quickly. She eats ALL THE TIME. Whenever I go into the room she is in she is...
I went to bachmans my local garden center and bought orchid bard (fine grade) and put it in Roxys tank on top of the organic soil. It had a very strong smell not like pine but very strong. The bag didn't list what kind of wood it was so I took it out to be safe. I got all but a few chunks out...
Is my scale off ( cheaper non digital food scale) or is this normal. I weighed roxy 3 times to try to get a fairly accurate reading and it was 185 grams. A week later she weighed 207 grams also weighed 3 times. Both times the scale read exactly 185 and 207. It is a scale dedicated to her and...
I was recommended miner-all here for a young sulcata eating soil. I am unable to find it anywhere around where I live. I always prefer actual stores when buying things. I have found things like Exo terra multivitamin. Is this comparable?
I adopted roxy 2 weeks ago. She was supposed to be 7 months or so. I just weighed her and she is 185 grams and fairly pyramided. Eats and poop a lot. She peed urates a lot for the first few soaks now none that I see. She does pee a lot when soaked still. She has the 4 temps right on and is...
I got roxy on Saturday and plan to make a closed chamber this summer. (I'm remodeling my home so time is tight for a few months). I found a 90 gallon tank for $60 with a stand. I figure I can close most of the top and trap humidity well enough for now. Roxy is about the size of a baseball now...
Well my other rescue Dave passed. Did my best with his mbd and ri. All 4 temps were good humidity was good had mvb ect. He ate a little after ri was treated but then suddenly the soft flesh areas seemed to swell up and then he quickly passed. Well there is another sulcata on Craigslist. The...
I resued Dave a week ago. He was kept in a Guinea pig cage with no added humidity / a 125 watt heat bulb that kept his temp in the low to mid 70's . He is about a year old the woman who had him said and kept this way the whole time (low humidity / low temp / no uvb). He has not eaten since I...
I just rescued a approx 1 yr old sulcata off craigslist yesterday. -was free- The lady got him last April shipped to MN from FLA. He was kept with no uvb just a blue zoo med light for heat in a wire sided Guinea pig cage. The temp was very low I assume. ( it only got to 72 when I tested it...