Greetings.
To quickly answer, if you have a young Sully that you are raising in an enclosed chamber, you want your humidity reading in the high end of humidity 80% or higher & ambient temps at least 80 F all the time.
You should take a read on the best way to raise a young Sulcata.
➡➡ https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threa...se-a-sulcata-leopard-or-star-tortoise.181497/
In the mean time, look into getting a better temp/humidity gauge. AcuRite makes some good cheap ones that have a probe. The problem with the type u have is most ppl stick one high up in their tank where the heat or lights are, not where the tortoise is.
Greetings.
To quickly answer, if you have a young Sully that you are raising in an enclosed chamber, you want your humidity reading in the high end of humidity 80% or higher & ambient temps at least 80 F all the time.
You should take a read on the best way to raise a young Sulcata.
➡➡ https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threa...se-a-sulcata-leopard-or-star-tortoise.181497/
In the mean time, look into getting a better temp/humidity gauge. AcuRite makes some good cheap ones that have a probe. The problem with the type u have is most ppl stick one high up in their tank where the heat or lights are, not where the tortoise is.
Hi thank you for the new gauge suggestion! I’ll check it out. Currently it’s in a dog house with a 6 year old Sulcata actually. Is the reading on my gauge okay or am I interpreting it incorrectly?
Hi thank you for the new gauge suggestion! I’ll check it out. Currently it’s in a dog house with a 6 year old Sulcata actually. Is the reading on my gauge okay or am I interpreting it incorrectly?
Yes, that “range” is good....BUT you really don’t know the accuracy. They can be horribly inaccurate! It’s really not good to house them together. You have a young hatchling in with six year old?
My bad I guess you had a a hatchling as well. Up above you said - “Currently it’s in a dog house with a 6 year old Sulcata actually.”
No problems.... keep it hot n humid.
Sulcatas are NOT a desert species. That is old incorrect info. They come from grasslands and forest edges, not deserts.For a Sulcata does the humidity range for this this type of gauge need to read in the desert region or tropical? I know its recommended to be at about 70-80% so is this reading correct? Or should it be in the desert region since Sulcatas are desert torts?