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I Have never owned a tortoise but always wanted to. I been breeding snakes for past 17 years and just had no time for a Tortoise. Now that I have retired from Snake breeding I have the time to have a tortoise.
Ive been looking and so far came to either a Russian or Red Foot for first timer. Dont want something that gets huge.
I read they both have very similar requirements of the 90-95 Basking Spot with Ambient temps 75-80. Snake room I have is constant 78-83 All year long.
I was going to get a table top PVC enclosure setup thats 4ftx2ftx1ftAnd Stack it onto one of my Boa cages. Leaned towards the MVB set on a 12on 12 off cycle. Using thermostat probe to maintain set temps.
Substrate going to use 50/50 blend of Sand and Coconut husk Kept semi moist to maintain 40% Humidity level. As room stays fairly dry unless rain fall
The setup I can handle no problems, the feeding is where ive hit a haulting stop. Some say feed greens from grocery stores with other veggies chopped up. Some say I can Feed the mazuri tort food as a Every Day food. Give food daily for 15-20 mins, whats not ate take away. Or feed every other day and leave food in for 1 hour.
Something Im not rushing into, setup is what im working on right now mostly to get that setup. Ill be looking at a hatchling under 3" shell
Ive been looking and so far came to either a Russian or Red Foot for first timer. Dont want something that gets huge.
I read they both have very similar requirements of the 90-95 Basking Spot with Ambient temps 75-80. Snake room I have is constant 78-83 All year long.
I was going to get a table top PVC enclosure setup thats 4ftx2ftx1ftAnd Stack it onto one of my Boa cages. Leaned towards the MVB set on a 12on 12 off cycle. Using thermostat probe to maintain set temps.
Substrate going to use 50/50 blend of Sand and Coconut husk Kept semi moist to maintain 40% Humidity level. As room stays fairly dry unless rain fall
The setup I can handle no problems, the feeding is where ive hit a haulting stop. Some say feed greens from grocery stores with other veggies chopped up. Some say I can Feed the mazuri tort food as a Every Day food. Give food daily for 15-20 mins, whats not ate take away. Or feed every other day and leave food in for 1 hour.
Something Im not rushing into, setup is what im working on right now mostly to get that setup. Ill be looking at a hatchling under 3" shell