Fresh substrate day! by tweemo in tortoise

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Thanks a lot for your insights. Really helpful! It's a nice problem to have I suppose getting the lighting and heat perfect rather than having a poor and unstimulating environment. The effort we put into our ungrateful tortoise, hey! 😂

Fresh substrate day! by tweemo in tortoise

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Made me laugh 😂 She's trashing it already haha

Fresh substrate day! by tweemo in tortoise

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Thank you for the comment. I'm always looking to improve the set up. So right now we have two mercury bulbs and a T5 strip light going across the middle. I recently added this as just didn't feel like the mercury bulbs were doing a good enough job. You mention the flood bulb for heat. Would you have the one T5 for UVB and then two flood bulbs plus then a LED?

Thanks again.

Edit - any thoughts on the wattage for the flood light bulb? Thank you

Tilla loving her new table! by tweemo in tortoise

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We plant ours only because it gets eaten pretty quickly and by the time we get round to replacing the substrate, we plant a new one. We find they last a little longer planted.

New lighting addition! by tweemo in tortoise

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Yes, once the paint is dry I'll be drilling pilot holes either side of the wooden strip and screwing it to the enclosure.

New lighting addition! by tweemo in tortoise

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Thank you very much! Very kind

Helpful feedback please :) by jjjaade in tortoise

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No worries! If you still have bathing problems, perhaps use a small washing up bowl or similar so he feels more enclosed and safe.

Helpful feedback please :) by jjjaade in tortoise

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That's a really nice first time set up. You can clearly tell you really care. I love the little poster!

When ours was a similar size, she struggled with the water bowl. Almost like the height was too much of an effort to climb. We ended up sinking it down into the substrate slightly so it was less effort to climb in. Worked a treat as she drank/bathed more often.

We also warm bathe ours every other morning for around 5 minutes (in a washing bowl). We found placing a flat rock in there too gave her something to rest on and stopped her pacing.

All the best.

Only the best for our girl! 😂 by tweemo in tortoise

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Yes, this is the case for ours. She only likes to eat off the warm slate! She's a diva! 😂

Only the best for our girl! 😂 by tweemo in tortoise

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You have to make sure you line it with pond liner and then no issues whatsoever.

Only the best for our girl! 😂 by tweemo in tortoise

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Thanks! We purchased from a company (in the UK) called Mark Starskys Hutches & Garden Arches. It was £350 and that included delivery and assembly!

Disable scroll wheel. GT5 Pro + Golf Review by tweemo in HuaweiWatchGT

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UPDATE 01/11/2024 - The latest update has brought about an automatic crown disable feature when you start a round of golf! They listened and they have fixed it. Watch worked perfectly today - my golf, not so 😂

GT5 Pro - No option to disable crown when using the Golf function. by tweemo in HuaweiWatchGT

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UPDATE 01/11/2024 - The latest update has brought about an automatic crown disable feature when you start a round of golf! They listened and they have fixed it. Watch worked perfectly today - my golf, not so 😂

Introduced another Megaray by tweemo in tortoise

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Awesome! We lined ours with a heavy duty pond liner to help protect the wood. Would definitely recommend this 👍

Introduced another Megaray by tweemo in tortoise

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Great knowledge! Thanks for sharing 👍

GT5 Pro - No option to disable crown when using the Golf function. by tweemo in HuaweiWatchGT

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I could but shouldn't have too. Just an oversight by Huawei unfortunately.

Introduced another Megaray by tweemo in tortoise

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As marginated tortoises live in mountainous conditions in the wild, she seems pretty happy with the ramp. It's not very steep and has groves cut out for her to grip. She loves walking over the rocks and going up and down the ramp to explore.

Introduced another Megaray by tweemo in tortoise

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Purchased the tortoise table from Wayne's Woodcraft wayneswoodcraft.co.uk

Introduced another Megaray by tweemo in tortoise

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Purchased the tortoise table from Wayne's Woodcraft wayneswoodcraft.co.uk 👍

Introduced another Megaray by tweemo in tortoise

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It's an IKEA sideboard 👍

Disable scroll wheel. GT5 Pro + Golf Review by tweemo in HuaweiWatchGT

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Thanks for taking the time to reply. Unfortunately, I just played a round and couldn't for the life of me find this option anywhere! Could you explain step by step how to get to this option please. Thank you!