Yeah, I wish I could find some globe mallow but I haven’t been able to.. desert tortoises are supposed to love that stuff! I’ll go to the store in a bit and pick up what you suggested :) today a prickly pear cactus bloomed so I cut up a bit of that for it. Thank you so much for your help!! I...
Penstemon is a natural plant in AZ that desert tortoises are supposed to like I thought. I tried to buy globe mallow that was my number one plant I wanted to buy for the little tortoise but nowhere has it.. I’ve gone to several places :/ I can go to the grocery store and buy what you suggested...
I tried to make the water deeper just to see and he tried to swim a little but then didn’t really care if he sank :/ every morning it comes out of the hide and goes to the water dish and puts its face in and then sometimes its body, then I take it for its morning soak which it’s in right now. So...
Should I make the water less shallow? I was just doing that so the tortoise doesn’t drown. The cold part temps yesterday were around 83-85! Yeah, he has ate a little bit each day since I’ve gotten the right setup but not yesterday or the day before I don’t think. I know the tortoise peed...
Hi, sorry to bother you again with more questions. So I’ve been soaking everyday for an hour but the tortoise doesn’t move too much during the soak(I put enough water to the bottom shell/head level). I haven’t seen any poop anywhere in the tank.. should I be worried? The tortoise hasn’t ate...
The cold side is usually 73-75 and the warm side is 85-95/100 range depending on the time of day. Humidity has been around 75-90% depending on the time of day. In the hide I’m sure it’s around 90%. I bought the zoomed reptisun 10.0.
Thank you for saying that. I feel better. Yeah, I’ve done some drastic changes so that makes sense. Everyday I’ve been trying to get things right so hopefully I won’t have to disturb it anymore. I do morning soaks for an hour with warm water and it seems to like it. I’ve been misting every...
Okay, I’ll try to find something to make the light more secure other than the clip it came with! Thank you! Also, the baby has been under the heat lamp for the last few hours and only moves a little bit under the light. I added the little hide in the corner yesterday so it doesn’t just stay...
I got that hide on the left because I couldn’t find any darker ones and if I could they were way too big. I tried to find a black kitchen sink tub like suggested but they were all ginormous :/ Will the thermometer be okay down on the substrate with the tortoise able to get to it? I also got an...
Thank you so much for your advice! I did a tinfoil lid and it seems to be helping with the humidity and heat! I also did the coconut coir because everything that I was finding was not as fine as what you were describing.
Thank you for checking in. I appreciate it! My tortoise has been getting a morning soak everyday and I think I witnessed it eating yesterday from a far. However, it walks around the habitat a little bit but then usually goes to lay near the heat lamp most of the day and sleeps. I’m not sure if...
Thank you so much for the info! I will get a new UV! And I thought what I bought was fine grade because that’s what it said
thank you so much for the info! I really appreciate it! I will get a new UV!
Thank you so much for the information! I really appreciate it! I’ll get a new UV and some...