James Stevens
New Member
Good evening,
I was gifted a fantastic little horsfield tortoise by my Fiancé for xmas. He (is what I'm going with) is 14 months old and approx 60-70mm long.
We both absolutely love him however we can't find any quality information on specific questions of care for him and general information really.
We have only had him since yesterday so we don't know too much about him anyway like his behaviours etc so you may be able to put me at ease.
He seems to sleep a lot, like goes into a corner furthest from the heat lamp and stays there seemingly until you wake him. Is this normal?
We gave him a bath this morning, Luke warm water for around 20 minutes and gently brushed him off with a tooth brush and ran a cotton bud across his eyes as they seemed to have grit in, should this be a daily occurrence?
He is currently in a tortoise table 1200mm x 900mm with top soil substrate around 50mm deep. Water dish, slate and cuttlefish bone and also exo terra combo lamp. Temp under the lamp is 32 degrees, ambient temp around the rest of the enclosure is 19-26 degrees. Do I need to wet the soil for him?
I'm sorry for the lengthy post, however we are both very passionate about giving him the best home and are keen to get good answers to help us.
Thanks in advance
James
I was gifted a fantastic little horsfield tortoise by my Fiancé for xmas. He (is what I'm going with) is 14 months old and approx 60-70mm long.
We both absolutely love him however we can't find any quality information on specific questions of care for him and general information really.
We have only had him since yesterday so we don't know too much about him anyway like his behaviours etc so you may be able to put me at ease.
He seems to sleep a lot, like goes into a corner furthest from the heat lamp and stays there seemingly until you wake him. Is this normal?
We gave him a bath this morning, Luke warm water for around 20 minutes and gently brushed him off with a tooth brush and ran a cotton bud across his eyes as they seemed to have grit in, should this be a daily occurrence?
He is currently in a tortoise table 1200mm x 900mm with top soil substrate around 50mm deep. Water dish, slate and cuttlefish bone and also exo terra combo lamp. Temp under the lamp is 32 degrees, ambient temp around the rest of the enclosure is 19-26 degrees. Do I need to wet the soil for him?
I'm sorry for the lengthy post, however we are both very passionate about giving him the best home and are keen to get good answers to help us.
Thanks in advance
James