StaffordC
Member
Hi everyone,
I have posted a couple times in the past about my hatchling not eating much food, but over the past couple of weeks, he has started to eat much more every single day since I moved him into a makeshift closed chamber. He will be in the makeshift closed chamber until I can pick up my custom enclosure from @Markw84 . Although he is eating much more, he doesn’t seem to be gaining any weight.
His enclosure temperatures are:
Basking: 95-100
Hot side: 85-87(day time)
Cool Side: 75(He doesn’t really go to the cool side of his enclosure ever)
Night time: 75-77
Humidity: 80-85% all day
When I switched him over to home grown stuff meant for him compared to grocery store greens, I noticed a large increase in his appetite. I have a large number of seed mixes from Tortoise Supply, and he favors the Broadleaf Testudo Mix the most, but he will also eat Italian Dandelion and red cowpea leaves readily. I also have their Herbal Tortoise Hay, and I ordered regular Mazuri from them which I soak in water and mash up for him twice a week and mix in the Herbal Hay. He doesn’t seem to be a huge fan of the Mazuri, but I can sneak it in when I mix his greens in it. I also sprinkle RepCal Herptivite or RepCal Calcium with D3 twice a week on his greens. He also gets a 30-45 min soak outside with access to sun every day in 95 degree water.
If anyone has any ideas of how I can get him to gain some weight, it would be much appreciated! I look forward to reading all of the replies and suggestions. Thank You!
I have posted a couple times in the past about my hatchling not eating much food, but over the past couple of weeks, he has started to eat much more every single day since I moved him into a makeshift closed chamber. He will be in the makeshift closed chamber until I can pick up my custom enclosure from @Markw84 . Although he is eating much more, he doesn’t seem to be gaining any weight.
His enclosure temperatures are:
Basking: 95-100
Hot side: 85-87(day time)
Cool Side: 75(He doesn’t really go to the cool side of his enclosure ever)
Night time: 75-77
Humidity: 80-85% all day
When I switched him over to home grown stuff meant for him compared to grocery store greens, I noticed a large increase in his appetite. I have a large number of seed mixes from Tortoise Supply, and he favors the Broadleaf Testudo Mix the most, but he will also eat Italian Dandelion and red cowpea leaves readily. I also have their Herbal Tortoise Hay, and I ordered regular Mazuri from them which I soak in water and mash up for him twice a week and mix in the Herbal Hay. He doesn’t seem to be a huge fan of the Mazuri, but I can sneak it in when I mix his greens in it. I also sprinkle RepCal Herptivite or RepCal Calcium with D3 twice a week on his greens. He also gets a 30-45 min soak outside with access to sun every day in 95 degree water.
If anyone has any ideas of how I can get him to gain some weight, it would be much appreciated! I look forward to reading all of the replies and suggestions. Thank You!
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