vanisle09
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- Apr 22, 2014
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Hello everyone.
My wife and I recently purchased a new russian tortoise from a petstore. We have never owned a reptile before. The petstore didnt know his/her age or sex but (I am going to say he) is young. His shell is only about 2.5 inches long.
Our tortoises name is Yoshi and I we live in Calgary Ab Canada. Due to the weather here we wont be keeping him outside so we have a 50 g rubbermaid with 70/30 coco coir to organic potting soil. We had a compact florescent for uvb and a basking light, but after reading the threads on here about possible blindness I went and got a mercury vapor(zoo med powersun 100w) and a light stand. We have a water dish that he can sit in and a hide and food dish. The basking temp is about 90-100 and the cool side is at about 75-80. I find it hard to measure humidity as the substrate is moist but my humidity gauge (which is stuck on the wall about 2 inches above the ground) says 25% yet I know it is more humid in the soil.
This is my quick intro.
I look forward to hearing from some members
Thanks,
My wife and I recently purchased a new russian tortoise from a petstore. We have never owned a reptile before. The petstore didnt know his/her age or sex but (I am going to say he) is young. His shell is only about 2.5 inches long.
Our tortoises name is Yoshi and I we live in Calgary Ab Canada. Due to the weather here we wont be keeping him outside so we have a 50 g rubbermaid with 70/30 coco coir to organic potting soil. We had a compact florescent for uvb and a basking light, but after reading the threads on here about possible blindness I went and got a mercury vapor(zoo med powersun 100w) and a light stand. We have a water dish that he can sit in and a hide and food dish. The basking temp is about 90-100 and the cool side is at about 75-80. I find it hard to measure humidity as the substrate is moist but my humidity gauge (which is stuck on the wall about 2 inches above the ground) says 25% yet I know it is more humid in the soil.
This is my quick intro.
I look forward to hearing from some members
Thanks,