this is Tucker's tummy.I'll tell you, you have got THE CUTEST Cherryheads!!! What are their names? View attachment 162116 this is my grand-cherry-tort-boy (supposedly) his name is Tucker
this is Tucker's tummy.I'll tell you, you have got THE CUTEST Cherryheads!!! What are their names? View attachment 162116 this is my grand-cherry-tort-boy (supposedly) his name is Tucker
Some breeders these days tell people you could regulate the sexes on hatchings during incubation by setting temps in certain ranges for males and others for females and that this would be like 90% accurate prediction. I don't care one way of the other, guess it matters to people who plan on breeding their tortsCute torts! They are too young to know the sex, so hopefully you gave back-up names... ;-)
Well supposidly one is a boy and one is a girl. Not sure but appropriatly their names are Cosmo and Wanda.
They both are growing very differently.
Wanda I believe is the girl who is having beak issues, she is growing really quick in width and is staying "flat" so to speak in height.
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Cosmo is the boy I think. He is getting heavy and growing more round and tall.
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I did wash the sphagnum moss in the sink when i was initially getting it wet before it went in the enclosure. I was trying to use that to help keep the humidity up.
Here are the bulbs I am using.
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In fact .. when you look at my caresheet you'll see I don't use UVB at all.... they get their vitamin D needs from their diet. ONLY herbivorous torts bask because the plant protein diet does not supply the D requirements.. so they have to bask.
Where do forest dwelling torts get there D3 from. Yellowfoots for example.I apologize threeheadedshadow for going "off-topic" .. we all have to start and learn somehow - which isn't easy with all the confusing info out there!!!
NOT all tortoises require the same needs.. and that gets confusing too.
DutchieAmanda.. how about this for starters? You have to read it completely and apply it to Redfoot / edge of 'rainforest' tortoises -
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/lighting.html
First of all UVB is NOT the only source of D3. How can UVB do any good when they don't bask.. which redfoot tortoises do not do!
Personal experience.. currently 17+ years raising/breeding redfoot tortoises - it's gone like this: Acquired 3 hatchlings in late 1998.. they grew up to become females. In early 2004 they bred for the first time and laid eggs that hatched in February 2005. One of those hatchlings was raised by a friend by my Caresheet and developed into a female that created hatchlings in 2012.. thru present. { how many generations is that? } Even when mine are outdoors they avoid sunlight. These were the Northern ssp. / North of the Amazon river. The Brazilian ssp. do tend to like open spaces more and are a bit "cold-tolerant".. mainly due to their geographic location/flora they are from!
Redfoot tortoises are on the edge of being 'carnivorous'! From my understanding.. animal protein is a good source of calcium and amino acids that are required during the process for shell, bones, egg, etc. growth.
My point was: all that UVB and light is not needed.. WHEN all 4 parameters [ light.. humidity.. temperature and diet ] are maintained.. in balance.. they thrive and make babies - which mine have and do!
Do you boil the moss to disinfect it?Dont read into what I said about the moss.
I use it too, I put mine in boiling water before I use it. I'm just curious about all this shell rot stuff, that's all. There has to be a reason it happens. I understand if there is a cut for bacteria to set in, but yours doesn't seem to have any obvious damage where the rot started from.
I wondered if anyone thought it was fungus growth from the moss.