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  1. D

    New baby horsefield tortoise

    Hi I'm new here and have just got a female (I was told) baby horsfield tortoise I brought her home yesterday and she hasn't eaten or willingly came out of her hide once (over 24hrs) I disturbed her earlier today and placed her near the heat lamp as when I picked her up she felt quite cold...
  2. cdibarra99

    New here! Rate my setup!

    Hi everyone! My name is Christian, and I am a happy dad to my new sulcata named bowser (about a year old). I have so many questions about the tank and feeding so here goes: Currently I have a 20 gallon tank full of coco coir, I have some repti-bark coming in soon so I can mix 50/50 repti-bark...
  3. M

    Overwintering advice for a Marginated tortoise

    I'm looking for input on overwintering my 7 year old Marginated tortoise. Since climate matters -- I live in San Francisco where our night temperatures dip into the mid-40s F, and winter daytime temps are usually 50s/low 60s F. Minimal rain, definitely some cold wind, but a good portion of the...
  4. C

    Night time temps for Russian tortoise

    So at night it can get down to 67 degrees in the enclosure, o. Is that fine or do I need to buy a heating pad or che for my guy at night
  5. G

    Do I need a higher watt bulb?

    New tortoise mom here. I have the bulb that I posted a picture of. Under the bulb seems to be 85-90 on average. I have a tortoise table that is 12.4 inches high. I have the ceramic lamp piece that sits right on the mesh of the tortoise table. Should I get a 100 watt bulb instead?
  6. SinLA

    Trouble getting basking spot hot enough? Please advise re: my setup...

    So I've had Fezzik about a month now (~4yo, 4.5" male russian), and I inherited various lights and lighting setups that are not good. He had a red floodlight that was 75 watts that he very much likes sitting under, but it only got the spot underneath into the mid 80s. I replaced it with a 100...
  7. TurtleLadyKatie

    Star Tortoise Cool End Too Cold

    Hello! I recently changed the ceramic heat emitters for my 2 year old Indian stars because I discovered using a probe thermometer that their hot side temps were too high. I moved them down to a 50 watt instead and now hot side temps are perfect (high 90s Fahrenheit directly under the bulb, about...
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