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That's quite a story -- and what an amazing and generous person you are! You've give good homes to two tortoises now, which is fantastic. Sadly your story (being sold an expensive and inappropriate vivarium, etc. is so common that it's heartbreaking. Tiny looks so happy with his prized dandelion.
What substrate are you using in his table, Bex? I just ask because it looks like wood chip, and Tiny would probably be even better off with a topsoil and playsand mixture for a couple of reasons -- wood chip can get damp and mouldy, and if one of your bulbs should burst and hot fragments fall to the floor then the wood chip is a fire hazard (we know of one case where it did catch fire). Plus a soil substrate is just more natural for them. But the fact that he was lethargic when you saw him in the pet shop and he is obviously full of live now shows just how much you have improved his environment.
Nina
What substrate are you using in his table, Bex? I just ask because it looks like wood chip, and Tiny would probably be even better off with a topsoil and playsand mixture for a couple of reasons -- wood chip can get damp and mouldy, and if one of your bulbs should burst and hot fragments fall to the floor then the wood chip is a fire hazard (we know of one case where it did catch fire). Plus a soil substrate is just more natural for them. But the fact that he was lethargic when you saw him in the pet shop and he is obviously full of live now shows just how much you have improved his environment.
Nina
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Yes thanks to reading your old forum Tiny has a new table too, will post a pic 2moro and I don't feed him tomatoes anymore! I am now using topsoil/sand, pebbles and a small amount of wood chip (pic will explain)
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Just re-read that and removing wood chip 2moro! Totally didn't think it cud catch fire
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