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Personally, I wouldn't waste money on a tank for a temporary enclosure. With the money you spend on a tank, you could buy materials to build 2 or 3 nice tortoise tables. Maybe one of those 54-gal rubbermaid totes would be better for a temporary enclosure. They are around $20 and provide a...

My greek found some of the new leaves/vines growing at the base of our euonymus tree and took a few bites. I know that the fruit of most euonymus bush/trees are poisonous. How bad are the leaves, and do I need to worry? http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Euonymus+fortunei

Ditto! I've seen local Petsmarts starting to co-habitate greeks and russians also. Best to separate them as soon as possible.

Yes, I got her from Petsmart in February of this year.

I have this non-reptile gun, and it works great: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0081CSFUQ/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

How warm is it under th basking light? 73 deg is fine on the cool side, they need that temp gradient.

44 x 30 is fairly small, so I agree the single MVB will suffice. Just make sure there is enough of a temp gradient so there's a cool side in the low to mid 70s during the day. If you can't regulate a basking spot around 100 deg without making the entire enclosure too warm, you may need to go...

How big is your enclosure, how far off the substrate are the current lights, and what are your temperatures on the warm and cool sides? Your tortoise may just be acclimating to the new environment and stressed out, but I'd definitely exchange that compact UVB bulb for a UVB tube, length...

Welcome! We need more pics of your tortoise! I also second coco-coir. It looks like soil, does not mold, smells good, and retains essential moisture for burrowing. You can buy 11-lb blocks of it from garden centers and nurseries for around $12. Each block should expand with water into...

How warm does it get in the sun room? A tube UVB won't add much heat, and provide some UVB your tortoise would otherwise not be receiving. I still think a small incadescent basking light would be needed to provide a basking spot around 100 deg F and provide a nice tmep gradient across the...

I've seen mine pee on her feeding slate.. when I get up late and don't have her food ready at the usual time. So maybe it's an instinct to water the area so the plants come back.

MVBs are self-ballasted, so once you turn them off, you can't turn them back on for about 15 min. Might not be an issue, but I think the best approach for longer bulb life is leave them on during the day and adjust the bulb height so the basking spot is the right temp, and add a ceramic heating...

As I said before, he's a handsome fellow! Love the rear shot - a mirror image of my Gaia walking away and flicking her tail. They both gots tortoise things to do!

Sorry to bump this, but if anyone here in CO is interested there is a rather large (roughly 7" to 8" SCL) female greek at the Castle Rock, CO Petsmart. She is beautiful, perky (only been ther a couple of weeks), and has a perfectly smooth shell (the wonders life in the wild can do). Not...

He's a fine looking fellow! I'd agree with between 5-15 yo also. Can we get more pics? Can't see his face or plastron.

Thanks GBt. Too much info is always better than making assumptions, I always say.

Gaia enjoying some outdoor time and fresh weeds today (please excuse her Zoo Med Grassland face) ... I bring out the camera and she gets up an walks away. Once those legs get moving, she's fast! You can see she's flicking her tail at me as she storms off at the end.

Aww, come on GBt - you are no fun! No, I agree that the ever-changing scientific subspecies designations aren't the most important thing to caring for these guys. However, I am curious to what your opinion is on subspecies, so I can better apply what I have been able to learn about specific...

Whatever your need is (additional ambient light, or primary UVB), I'm not the biggest fan of those reptile hood fixtures since they seem to block off most of the available light from the tube. I also found the Zilla bulbs to give off a weird unnatural blue-ish light. I'm with Tom - you can...

I've been trying to research and figure this out on my own, but am not realy confident. My tortoise has a wide 5th vertebral scute, but I can't really say for sure if it is definitely larger than the 3rd scute (which I understand is an antakyan characteristic). My guess is Syrian T. g...