COLD DARK ROOM
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You see ?I always offer them a paper handkerchief when they want to wipe their noses .....
We all do things differently.
Some use only silk hankies.
I got this new bulb for heat and UVB not long ago and my torts love it:
https://www.reptilienkosmos.de/terr...MIq4DA8eu51QIVhLztCh1aYgiCEAQYASABEgIorvD_BwE
But the torts have a bulb for reptile visibel light too. Sulcatas want it bright !
USEFUL THING
Annoy "SpecSavers" staff by wandering up to their counter, squinting at their price board and saying, "Big Mac Meal, please".
Annoy "SpecSavers" staff by wandering up to their counter, squinting at their price board and saying, "Big Mac Meal, please".
Yeah, those are good.
I just use the one large MVB for Tidgy, it's only for two or three months a year, the rest of the time she's outside in the fierce Moroccan sun most days, (she has hides, cool spots and coir trays) .
I only know "Needful things" by Stephen King !
Very beautiful.
Lots of lovely dandies I see.
Tidgy is jealous, all the dandies are burnt to a crisp by this time of year.
I'd love a redfoot or three, but can't get them here and I'd have a real struggle with the humidity I feel.
Wish I could tell this about my torts too. They had been outside this summer for 7 days. But these days weren`t coherently
About the same as most of northern Europe, i guess.Wish I could tell this about my torts too. They had been outside this summer for 7 days. But these days weren`t coherently
We won't get rain til November, or non to speak of, maybe an occasional short thunderstorm.
Dandelions.
Or am i mistaken ?
Great tortoise food when you can get 'em.
I get the sun, you get the dandies.
Send me some warmth and I`ll send you some rain ( and coldness )
Isn`t that a good deal ????
Stevieturtlelady
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Hi! I have a question! even though sulcatas are Desert animals why do they need so much humidity? Can't they survive in the desert without it? Thanks!
Yes, these plants are dandelions. I have a lot of them growing in my wilderness, so called garden and around my property. Great tortoise food.
Should I send Tidgy some in a package ?
Nope.
I love the hot and don't want the cold and rain.
No deal.
I'll swap a camel for some dandies, though.
They are Sub-Saharan, not really true desert animals, they hatch in the rainy season and live in damp burrows, kept humid in dry spells by their own pee and poop. Their burrows are always kept humid and they usually emerge only very early and very late in the day to forage for food.
Thanks.Yes, these plants are dandelions. I have a lot of them growing in my wilderness, so called garden and around my property. Great tortoise food.
Should I send Tidgy some in a package ?
It's a very kind offer, but I fear our customs fellows would eat 'em.
Sulcatas are no desert animals because where they live there is no desert. The land is dry for some months of the year but then the monsoon begins and it is very wet and humid.
That is the time when the sulcata tortoise babies hatch.
They live in humid burrows and only come out to eat. They have a lot of humidity in their natural habitat and they need a lot of humidity.
Even older sulcatas spend much time in these warm and humid burrows that they dig by themselves. Otherwise they can not overlive.
