cpl1307
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Changed aspen bedding. Changed thermometer to tortoise level as each end. Changed water bowl to shallow. Changed red buob to 50w uva floodlight
Anything also I should do?
Anything also I should do?
I will. I just need an idea of something for him to lie on to bask. He might just lay on the bark. He definitely loves the new substrate! He couldn't wait to dig his bed out in the hide. He's in there somewhereLooks good. Just be sure he can fit all the way into the water dish and that the 50 watt bulb gets the basking area between 95-100.
Honestly without your advice, I think I would of run into trouble somewhere along the way. You have filled me with some much needed knowledge and I think you need commending for taking time out to help people. Can you imagine how many Tortoises are still alive and thriving because of the advise you have given them. Faults you have spotted and politely corrected with advice and knowledge! I bet there are hundreds you have saved, if not more! Im deep thinker! Sorry 😊Thank you 😊I will. I just need an idea of something for him to lie on to bask. He might just lay on the bark. He definitely loves the new substrate! He couldn't wait to dig his bed out in the hide. He's in there somewhere
I don't like the heat mat, and I would not want the water dish right near the air vent. The rest looks pretty good. I also prefer terra cotta plant saucers for food and water. Better traction and less likelihood of the tortoise flipping in them.Changed aspen bedding. Changed thermometer to tortoise level as each end. Changed water bowl to shallow. Changed red buob to 50w uva floodlight
Anything also I should do?
What kind of paper plates do you buy?Looks like a paper plate!!!
Swapped the heatmat for a CHE now. She has a small corn snake water bowl which to be honest since putting it in I've seen him drink for the first time in a year. Obviously he was drinking, but he didn't like the ramp style dish. Far too bigI don't like the heat mat, and I would not want the water dish right near the air vent. The rest looks pretty good. I also prefer terra cotta plant saucers for food and water. Better traction and less likelihood of the tortoise flipping in them.
Don't worry! Long gone 😉Uh oh! I'm not liking your water dish !!!
I have been weighing him every week and he has gone from 56g to 108g. Your advice has had me walking up and down the road every morning in my dressing gown looking for weed varieties and looking like a mad man, but my god he likes to eat them! 😄Great to read and well done for taking on the advise and amending. It is useful to weight weekly and keep a log and you can then check weight gain and weight loss.
Note: Dandelions are starting to appear in the UK so I recommend picking and adding 1 or 2 to the food dish mine runs over for a dandelion
I'm sure you know to wash anything very thoroughly that has been growing by a road, because of pollution from traffic. You could try digging up a few dandelion plants to grow in pots, for future use - or wait until they mature, and save the seeds. Zola absolutely loves dandelions too, and clover.I have been weighing him every week and he has gone from 56g to 108g. Your advice has had me walking up and down the road every morning in my dressing gown looking for weed varieties and looking like a mad man, but my god he likes to eat them! 😄
If a tortoises does not drink from, or walk through its water dish daily, that is an indicator that it is not comfortable with it, and you need something different.She has a small corn snake water bowl which to be honest since putting it in I've seen him drink for the first time in a year.
I was washing it for too long because of that worry of the cars. I then stupidly realised that there us more growing un my back garden with more choices aswell. I'd been pulling up the best choices when gardening, So now I've got a pot especially for weeds and clover to grow in. Plus pansies that I've specially ordered that I 100% know they havnt had chemicals sprayed on them.I'm sure you know to wash anything very thoroughly that has been growing by a road, because of pollution from traffic. You could try digging up a few dandelion plants to grow in pots, for future use - or wait until they mature, and save the seeds. Zola absolutely loves dandelions too, and clover.
Angie (from Devon)
Thank you Angie. I will give them a go. I've ordered them smile 😊I think they would be fine.I would try the smallest one first to see if he has room to move about if he gets in it, and then push it a bit into the substrate - so it is level with the surface. And see how he gets on - then the next one for food,
Angie