Baby Greek, baby Sullies, and baby boxies

[Faery]

I never thought sleeping in a mud-bath could look so peaceful! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Claireabbo]

i loved the sullies! they are some of my favorites! i dont think i have seen any greeks that were black! thats really really cool! they look gorgeous!

 

[AbinayaJones]

Very nice pictures.That little Greek is looking very cute.

 

[blafiriravt]

Great pictures. I love how tiny tortoises are when they are babies

 

[Turtle Guru]

Great pics Thank the LORD for Everything

 

[WallieTheTortoise]

what did you use for the substrate? I tried to grow grass and weeds in my enclosure but they all died.

 

[AnthonyC]

This post must've slipped by me! Wow what a nice big happy family!

 

[babylove6635]

really nice pics makes you smile

 

[Kristina]

Thanks everyone

For substrate I use organic humus that I buy from Home Depot. It is very black and rich and holds moisture as well.

 

[Beeliz]

Kristina,,how old are your boxies in the last pic? They are beautiful!

 

[Cherbear]

Do you need any other lighting other than tortoise lighting for the plants?

 

[Kristina]

If I remember correctly they were about 8 months old.

As far as the plants go, I just use regular incandescent bulbs, usually 40 or 60 watt. I personally do not use UV lighting or special "tortoise" bulbs of any kind. I am not saying that is the right choice for everyone - but it works for me.

 

[BrinnANDTorts]

How do u keep your tortoises enclosure that are full of those wonderful plants from molding ?
I had something just like that in my old enclosure for Gupta and it grew really good and long and then the grass began to die and it molded really really fast.
Then after that everything just straight up smelled in the cage so I just changed out all of the substrate which was peat moss.
I want to be able to have grazing grass in Guptas enclosure because he loves it but ever since the experience with the mold I have been a little scared to grow some in his new cage.
His enclosures aren't very tall which could be way grass doesnt do very well
His enclosure is only a foot tall
I could try low growing clovers or something

 

[Kristina]

The trick is to have good air flow and at the same time keep it nice and humid. I like to use the cooling fans from the bck of PCs. They are very easy to wire up.

By keeping the grass trimmed it will keep it from molding as well.

 

[BrinnANDTorts]

The trick is to have good air flow and at the same time keep it nice and humid. I like to use the cooling fans from the bck of PCs. They are very easy to wire up.

By keeping the grass trimmed it will keep it from molding as well.

That makes sense because in his old cage I had no air flow in there at all
Does a humidifier count as air flow ? If not I can't get one of those little fans. My dad probably already has one
You mean air flow just inside the cage right ? Like just keeping the air inside the cage flowing so its more fresh ?

 

[Kristina]

A humidifier probably won't do it, it won't create enough movement.

Keeping the air fresher, exactly. You don't want too much air exchange from inside to outside, as that will lower your humidity, but by moving it around it keeps things from getting stagnant.

 

[ChiKat]

Updated pictures? *poke poke*

 

[Kristina]

Pay attention, Katie!!

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Kendall-Kasey-Dee-Dusty-and-Devon?pid=354464#pid354464

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Snack-bite-is-getting-pretty-darn-big#axzz1elNNxpf2

I no longer have the baby boxies.