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Post by sallybreeder on Nov 4, 2004 17:48:36 GMT -5
What should i use to seperate the sand from the water so the sand doesn't get into the water. Because i want to make like a beach.
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Post by elizabeth on Nov 4, 2004 18:13:54 GMT -5
maybe a little rock wall or something that is reinforced with a little plexi or something of that sort....
I saw someone talking about those dishes that you use when you are using a paint roller to paint how about something like that with the sand being under the lip and they could walk up into the dish part where the water would be....
sand may carry into the water no matter what you do if your herps are tracking it in there
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Post by sallybreeder on Nov 5, 2004 9:08:56 GMT -5
How about a bamboo ladder that was attached to a tub and the tub was attached to the wall with suction cup?
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Post by Zippy on Nov 15, 2004 18:31:08 GMT -5
How about just using a cooking tray to keep the sand in place?
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Post by sallybreeder on Nov 16, 2004 15:55:15 GMT -5
Do you mean for the bottom?
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Post by Zippy on Nov 17, 2004 17:04:48 GMT -5
no. i mean having it standing up against the sand.
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Post by ReedsDragons on Nov 20, 2004 2:09:10 GMT -5
hello everyone i will be trying to help out on this page. i dont know a buntch about tortises and turtles but i do own 3 box turtles and 1 sulcota tortis. anyone on here can privatly message me or email me at notapla23@aol.com but please no spam
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Post by wizsh1 on Nov 20, 2004 21:01:29 GMT -5
Cool i have a sulcata too. How old is yours, and is it a male or female?
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Post by Maliyum on Nov 21, 2004 10:15:17 GMT -5
oaky let me understand you have a tank and u want sand on the bottom? How big is ur tank? do u have a filter? for my little one i have her ina 3 gal and don't have sand i tried it but it was a mess, i dont have a filter right now but i find it hard to clean it and if she goes to the bathroom the sand hides it. im sure ull find a way.  ( i dont have a "bottom" substrate for mine i just have it "bland" but i have rocks and such in there for her to climb and rest on. |
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Post by Maliyum on Nov 21, 2004 10:18:40 GMT -5
wait!  i totally read it wrong sorry ignore that post! So you want to make a sepration partion for the turtle to "bask on" that is sand? well i wouldnt suggest sand because after the turtle gets out of the water he'll get sand all over. which happened to me also. I suggest you make a rock plat form. Ive seen that people strilzed bricks and stuff and put them in there. i have a half of block in my turtles tank and a "plastic" thing in there that looks like a rock kinda like the basking rocks from petco but it isnt. Sorry! |
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Post by ReedsDragons on Nov 21, 2004 18:46:08 GMT -5
hello. the sulcata is really my moms but it is about 2 years old. it is a male. i think it would be cool to breed the sulcatas so in the future i may do that but right now ours is to young and adults that are breeding age are really exspensive. plus i would have to build a room/shead type thing for them because they get so big. i will be building a new cage for our soon any one have ideas for a good inside cage? Cool i have a sulcata too. How old is yours, and is it a male or female? |
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Post by wizsh1 on Nov 22, 2004 14:15:23 GMT -5
Yea mines also a male and 2 years old. I'm making him a bigger wooden cage right now,b ut once he gets too big for that i'm making him a pen out in my garage.
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Post by ReedsDragons on Nov 23, 2004 1:19:58 GMT -5
thats a good idea. i neaver thought about it but after becoming moderator i started doing reserch what do you feed yours?
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Post by wizsh1 on Nov 23, 2004 17:39:46 GMT -5
His diet is basicly grasses and mixed greens such as: alflafa, clover, timothy hay, dandelion greens, romaine lettuce, and fresh grass clippings. Once in a while as a treat I give him strawberries (he loves them), copped carrots, grapes, and cantalope. I rarely ever give him tease, because they aren't very good for him, but if you do give him them in very small amounts (ex. small strawberry, 2 grapes, small cube of melon.)
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Post by ReedsDragons on Nov 23, 2004 20:15:04 GMT -5
yea i have to look for grasses we would let him eat gras from the yard but he was mainly getting romain,kale and a couple other things then i became moderater and desided to look it up and i seen that they eat grasses but we were just going by what the petstore i only read a little of the care sheet but im working on it
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i totally read it wrong sorry ignore that post! So you want to make a sepration partion for the turtle to "bask on" that is sand? well i wouldnt suggest sand because after the turtle gets out of the water he'll get sand all over. which happened to me also. I suggest you make a rock plat form. Ive seen that people strilzed bricks and stuff and put them in there. i have a half of block in my turtles tank and a "plastic" thing in there that looks like a rock kinda like the basking rocks from petco but it isnt.