My tortoise 😃
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mayo
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You need to do better by it right now or it won't survive long!
It needs light, uvb, heat, substrate and likely not a table enclosure but a closed chamber enclosure.
Hopefully @Kapidolo Farms or @TeamZissou can give advice on all that is needed.
It needs light, uvb, heat, substrate and likely not a table enclosure but a closed chamber enclosure.
Hopefully @Kapidolo Farms or @TeamZissou can give advice on all that is needed.
mayo
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Can you recommend a heatlamp? Also, what do I use as substrate?
EDIT: I googled and got sand for the substrate, which is pretty lucky considering I live in a desert type area...
EDIT: I googled and got sand for the substrate, which is pretty lucky considering I live in a desert type area...
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No! Sand is bad. Do not use sand, as it may cause impaction. You said "they" But I only see one? Use coir or find grade orchid bark.
mayo
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I currently can't get a heat lamp, is it fine to keep it by the window?
mayo
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Also where can i get coir?
No. There is no way to regulate that and it is likely to over heat the enclosure.
Where are you?
This tortoise need all the correct temperatures, hydration, lighting, humidity, and food, or it will not survive. Do not feed it fruit. That is not good for its digestive flora and fauna.
Read through these two threads at least twice if you want this tortoise to survive:
The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise
I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...
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mayo
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I live in Sharjah, UAENo. There is no way to regulate that and it is likely to over heat the enclosure.
Where are you?
This tortoise need all the correct temperatures, hydration, lighting, humidity, and food, or it will not survive. Do not feed it fruit. That is not good for its digestive flora and fauna.
Read through these two threads at least twice if you want this tortoise to survive:
The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise
I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...
Info For New People. Please Read This First.
Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...
mayo
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I'll try
Let us know how you progress! Thanks!
You should be able to find a lot of this on Amazon.com. Do they have that there? Many of these things can also be found at the hardware store.
mayo
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mayo
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Squirtle needs to be in an enclosure with some damp substrate and the correct temperatures. That light is likely an LED, and it doesn't produce the necessary heat. Its also not nearly bright enough.
Where did you get this tortoise? Did it have adequate housing and heating there? Can you take it back temporarily until you have time to acquire and set up the necessary life support items and a proper enclosure?
Is there a garden center near you that sells plants and pots and soil and that sort of thing? You might find the needed clay saucers and some coco coir there.
It's the non gender pronoun.
mayo
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There's a garden center 24 minutes away from me.
Where did you get this tortoise?
That's good. Try it out.
Also, don't run a humidifier in a tortoise enclosure. You can run it in the room, but don't have the mist blowing directly into the enclosure, especially with no heat.
