Yes, you need to be able to tell what the humidity level is in the enclosure/hide. It is one of the very important perimeters for the health & well being of out tort's
How is Rocco getting on?Really good photo work and great to see both now and before. I am a little obsessed with taking pictures of Rocco to. thanks for sharing heās lovely
little Rocco seems ok it may be diet related so I am trying a few new foods and heās reacting well. When he is awake he is quite responsive and alert so Iām not to concerned. I have brought a hygrometer for his sleeping area to Just keep and eye on things. Iām still curious if I have a boy or girl hoping you experts can identity this for me later down the line.
Welcome @Wishbone,I am having the same issue as Claire. We got a new Hermann almost 2 weeks ago. He is 8 months old. He sleeps all day and night! I have been waking him up to eat every 2 or 3 days. He just stays burrowed all the time. When he's awake he eats very well, likes his bath's, and seems very happy and healthy. But once he's done with that which is only like and hour he digs down and goes right back to sleep.
I keep him in my office. He is in a corner with a window on each side so gets lots of sun. I have the AC vent turned off in the office so it stays about 75 degrees in there with it being 105 degrees every day outside now. His box is 6x3 and elevated. He has a 100 watt basking lamp, UVB lamp, and a cermamic heater for night time. Temp in his box is around 85 degrees and humidity hovers around 55%. I have 3 inch's on coco coir and a half in of pecan shells on top of that.
He has such a great personality and I hate that he just sleeps all the time. Is this normal? Maybe he needs more time to settle in. Should I just leave him alone and let him wake up on his own? I already know he will sleep 3 days and nights so Im scared he could go a week and not wake up. I feel at his age he needs to be eating so that is why I wake him. At a loss.....
Hey itās sounds like you are doing everything right. I did change things up a little and increased the temperature slightly in his sleeping area as it does get much colder overnight I also changed his diet as I was buying so much store brought veg. I now get fresh grown lettuce from my neighbour and have started growing weeds in a pot for him. (never thought I would be growing weeds).I am having the same issue as Claire. We got a new Hermann almost 2 weeks ago. He is 8 months old. He sleeps all day and night! I have been waking him up to eat every 2 or 3 days. He just stays burrowed all the time. When he's awake he eats very well, likes his bath's, and seems very happy and healthy. But once he's done with that which is only like and hour he digs down and goes right back to sleep.
I keep him in my office. He is in a corner with a window on each side so gets lots of sun. I have the AC vent turned off in the office so it stays about 75 degrees in there with it being 105 degrees every day outside now. His box is 6x3 and elevated. He has a 100 watt basking lamp, UVB lamp, and a cermamic heater for night time. Temp in his box is around 85 degrees and humidity hovers around 55%. I have 3 inch's on coco coir and a half in of pecan shells on top of that.
He has such a great personality and I hate that he just sleeps all the time. Is this normal? Maybe he needs more time to settle in. Should I just leave him alone and let him wake up on his own? I already know he will sleep 3 days and nights so Im scared he could go a week and not wake up. I feel at his age he needs to be eating so that is why I wake him. At a loss.....