Thank you for all your praises. I'm just glad we were able to make life a bit better for him. We all love watching him roam around.
There is one thing I haven't had any luck on finding, and that is how long they live in captivity. My daughter keeps asking me but I can't find any answers...
First I want to say "Thank You!" to everybodies help in getting our Fred settled in & taken care of properly. It would have been a bunch of guess work without all your input.
Okay, here's Fred's home with the new plants. I also put some moss in his hide & a patch of clover from out in the...
Yes, we turn it down at night. He also seems to like the temp. We had it lower & he hung out under the light. Now that the temp is up he roams around more, plus he'll still go lay out under the heat lamp at times. Thats where he fell asleep last night. I turned it down a little before going...
The temp is between 80 & 85 right now. I just put his substrate in there tonight & it was pretty wet. We mist everything down really good every day. If it's still low in the morning I'll close off the top some more after spraying it down. Maybe it'll get better after we have completed...
Jacqui - Thanks for all your info. My hubby just mentioned yesterday about buying a temp. gun. Thanks for the plants too. I love hostas! They are around the whole north & east side of our house. I even have some minis that would be perfect.
I'm noticing that in the new home the humidity...
Thanks for all the info Edna. I'm making a plant list to take to the store and will add these to it.
I think I'm going to put some small rocks on the sides of his hide and pile it with substrate so it's like a small hill for him to climb. Will have to do that tomorrow & hopefully he'll stop...
Thanks for some plants Laura!
Here is his home set up for now. Need to get him a better hide, but that's it for now.
Coming out of his warm soak.
And he's at it again. This time he made it all the way over! Not sure if he was trying to stay up there or not. He's a gluten for...
Here is the box we built for Fred this week. Interior is 2.5' x 4' x 18" high. The inside is completely covered in RSP. (?...The plastic stuff..lol) We are going to put wheels on the bottom and still need to construct the top which will consist of 3 separate doors. We were thinking of doing...
I'm happy to hear his shell looks normal.
Jacqui...The white you see is glare from the camera. He was in soaking when I picked him up. Figured it would be a good time to get a nice clean bottom pic.
Kyryah...We haven't seen his tail yet. My daughter has already asked about it too...
We got Fred today. I believe it is a male Home's. It's a bit bigger than we were expecting, approx. 6.5 inches. Daughter loves it though! Does his shell look healthy? It is slightly indented. Isn't this a sign of dehydration, or am I being too picky?
His eyes & nose look really good and...
Kyryah, we are getting it out of Big Rapids from the Animal Shack.
Thanks for all the info. Hopefully everything goes good tomorrow & we will be posting pics in the evening after the b-day party.
I hope ours is as adorable as yours Jacqui!
Thanks yagy for your post. I will watch for those. What about any parasites? How is that known? Is it just through their feces or on body too?
"Crystal" is my username. I have also updated where we're located. We will definitely be posting pics ASAP.
Looking forward to all your input...
Hi everyone! Great forum!
We are going tomorrow to the pet store to pick up what is supposed to be a Forest hingeback. We are totally new to this & have been trying to research all we can on this species. We were hoping you could tell us what to look for when we get there. My husband is...