Hello guys, I'm new in this forum
Since last friday I'm owner of two hermanni tortoises - one is 2,5 month old (6cm long), second is 1 month old (4,5cm long). Before I bought them, I have been reading as much as I could, but some things went out after they came home.
1) Is this normal, that younger one is spending most of day sleeping underground, or just chilling 'half-underground' with his head above? He is eating only if I put some food nearby, he doesn't want to go out to a plate with food (older one is doing normal). Here is photo how it looks like:
2) When they are going to sleep, it looks like this: younger one is going deep underground, and older is diging right above him then sleeping right next to him, but a little higher - isn't that some kind of domination sign? They are living in same enclosure right now, but if it's necessary I will separate them (they will be seperated in like 1-1,5 year).
3) About calcium - I have sepia bone for them, but I'm not sure how to deal with that: should I just put it inside and let them eat it if they feel they need it, or should I crush it a bit to their food?
4) Last question - older one got dewormed like 3 weeks ago, younger one wasn't (because he was too young). Should they both get prophylactically dewormed in like 1-2 months, or?
Thank you for answers, sorry if something was not understandable, I'm working on my english
Cheers!
Since last friday I'm owner of two hermanni tortoises - one is 2,5 month old (6cm long), second is 1 month old (4,5cm long). Before I bought them, I have been reading as much as I could, but some things went out after they came home.
1) Is this normal, that younger one is spending most of day sleeping underground, or just chilling 'half-underground' with his head above? He is eating only if I put some food nearby, he doesn't want to go out to a plate with food (older one is doing normal). Here is photo how it looks like:
2) When they are going to sleep, it looks like this: younger one is going deep underground, and older is diging right above him then sleeping right next to him, but a little higher - isn't that some kind of domination sign? They are living in same enclosure right now, but if it's necessary I will separate them (they will be seperated in like 1-1,5 year).
3) About calcium - I have sepia bone for them, but I'm not sure how to deal with that: should I just put it inside and let them eat it if they feel they need it, or should I crush it a bit to their food?
4) Last question - older one got dewormed like 3 weeks ago, younger one wasn't (because he was too young). Should they both get prophylactically dewormed in like 1-2 months, or?
Thank you for answers, sorry if something was not understandable, I'm working on my english
Cheers!
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