Ok, so I have a friend who has been keeping tortoises (indian star, radiated tortoise, sulcata, aldabra and red footed tortoise) for a long time, he is keeping them all together indoor, no direct sunlight and he only brings them outside twice a week (weekend). He is using 3 big wattage lightings from exoterra when they are indoor, one is UVA+UVB, another one is UVA only to provide heat, and the last one is infra red bulb, he never once turn off the lamp at night, all lights on 24/7. He feeds them every night with only salad lettuce (the curly edge one) that I read somewhere is not good for tortoise because it can interrupt calcium absorption and he never provides drinking water for his tortoises, he just made the vegetables wet when he gave it to them.
So now he is keeping his tortoise with three violations against the care sheet (different species together, lighting, food and water) for years but his tortoises are all healthy, agile and eat like pigs, the only drawback is that somehow his tortoises are growing slow and lightweight, but their carapace are all beautiful with no sign of pyramiding at all.
How do you guys think about this? How can he do that but all of his tortoises have no problem at all? Does photocycle really important? How about the foods and no water? Small space with 5 different species together? How is that even work? Looks like some people can just keep pets so easily and some can't, even with all the struggle?
I live in Indonesia btw, humidity level is pretty high and air temperature is somewhere around 30C. Can't wait to hear what you guys think about this !
So now he is keeping his tortoise with three violations against the care sheet (different species together, lighting, food and water) for years but his tortoises are all healthy, agile and eat like pigs, the only drawback is that somehow his tortoises are growing slow and lightweight, but their carapace are all beautiful with no sign of pyramiding at all.
How do you guys think about this? How can he do that but all of his tortoises have no problem at all? Does photocycle really important? How about the foods and no water? Small space with 5 different species together? How is that even work? Looks like some people can just keep pets so easily and some can't, even with all the struggle?
I live in Indonesia btw, humidity level is pretty high and air temperature is somewhere around 30C. Can't wait to hear what you guys think about this !