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  1. tortlover73

    Thanks @tom

    @Tom i just wanted to thank you for the help building the night box. I’m using Koopas as her outdoor house and today In the 95 degree dry heat of Denver Koopa was hanging out in her nightbox with the door open. Temp inside? 68. The insulation did it’s job and my Koopa is so thankful for all...
  2. tortlover73

    Koopa

    @Tom I wanted to thank you for all your care sheets on sulcatas, directions for diet, housing, humidity, night boxes etc. I have followed your advice since Koopa was a hatchling. She’s 5 this spring and doing great. Virtually no pyramiding which i attribute to following your advice to the...
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    Beak issue?

    hi everyone Koopa is 4 years old and I’m noticing her beak looks odd... I’m leaning towards taking her in this week to the reptile vet. Have you guys seen this before?
  4. tortlover73

    Nightbox thread

    hey everyone. Did anyone watch the post where the guy installed the suspension rods to hold up his lid, had installed outlets inside his nightbox and had an elevated lane mat... I need to reread that and forgot to save the link to it @Tom I am almost done :) lid is done and fits. The...
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    Help with mounting the UV hood

    Hey everyone I have upgraded my Koopas indoor enclosure since she keeps outgrowing everything. I got a bigger UV light (38”) since the enclosure is bigger. It’s an enclosed system so I need to mount the new light from it’s top. There is no way to mount the hood to the top of the enclosure...
  6. tortlover73

    Nightbox help

    Hey everyone My sulcata Koopa is 3 now. We have followed Toms closed chamber since we got her and have obviously had to keep changing to bigger and bigger enclosures as she’s gotten bigger. She’s at 8” now and spending the days outside but I bring her in at night. Mainly because I don’t have...
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    Anyone near Denver with a sulcata?

    Just wondering if anyone is near Denver and has a sulcata? Needing advice on what to plant in my outdoor area for Cooper and also advice for our winters... Thanks :)
  8. tortlover73

    Renovating for an outdoor space

    Ok so my Cooper is 2 years old and about 5-6 inches long. I posted a pic of him the other day. I decided to convert the old dog run at my house into an outdoor space for Cooper. It's about 20 feet long and 5 feet wide. One side of the enclosure is my house. 2 sides are 6 foot privacy fence and...
  9. tortlover73

    Humidity

    Here is our Cooper, the most adored tortoise ever. He just turned 2 years old. The first 1.5 years we had him in a glass tank with high humidity. After almost starting a house fire with the heat lamp, I got him 2 zoomed tortoise enclosures and linked them. I'm in the process of developing a...
  10. tortlover73

    Koopa

    hey everyone Our sulcata came to us at 2.5 oz and the size of a silver dollar. I setup his enclosure based on the recommendations on here. How does his shell look? He is about 8 mo the old now. There is a pic of him now as well as when he came to us. Tia! Amy
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