Re: EJ...

Posted by EJ on November 30, 2000 at 19:51:03:

In Reply to: EJ... posted by Niki on November 30, 2000 at 15:03:12:

Thanks Niki. Lets see if we got it right. Only time will tell. Do you have water available at all times? How is the growth as far as smoothness? Yours sounds very close to the dimension mine is. How old is it?
Ed

: Teddy's 6 inches and over 700 grams. He's dense,
: like a brick (dense in the head too!) LOL!
: I also agree with your night temps, I keep him
: with a ceramic heater on a thermostat at night
: and it keeps it at about 78, he's in the hay
: pile though. If he wanted to he could go deeper
: into it, or move completely. In the morning I
: put the cermic heater on 90, and turn his
: bulb on which gives a slightly higher bask area.
: I just seem to see more "my turtle has a cold"
: or "runny nose" than anything else here, and
: I feel they are being kept too cool. I feel that
: burrowing in native African soil is good, but
: that ground is warm, and not COLD, it just can't
: be compared.

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: Thanks Niki. Lets see if we got it right. Only time will tell. Do you have water available at all times? How is the growth as far as smoothness? Yours sounds very close to the dimension mine is. How old is it? : Ed : : Teddy's 6 inches and over 700 grams. He's dense, : : like a brick (dense in the head too!) LOL! : : I also agree with your night temps, I keep him : : with a ceramic heater on a thermostat at night : : and it keeps it at about 78, he's in the hay : : pile though. If he wanted to he could go deeper : : into it, or move completely. In the morning I : : put the cermic heater on 90, and turn his : : bulb on which gives a slightly higher bask area. : : I just seem to see more "my turtle has a cold" : : or "runny nose" than anything else here, and : : I feel they are being kept too cool. I feel that : : burrowing in native African soil is good, but : : that ground is warm, and not COLD, it just can't : : be compared.

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