Recent content by Andy&Otis

Otis went to the vests yesterday :) I said to my girlfriend "watch him spring back to life now he's finally going to the vets" I have a video for you guys... :D Otis is looking very healthy and his eyes are on the way to normal again. He didn't need anything! Other than a little increase in his...

Oh no! Sorry to hear that, its not nice seeing the poor guys like it :( was it RI? how is he feeling now? Did the vet say what the cause of it could have been? I'm there tomorrow myself, I imagine it will be quite costly, not looking forward to the bill, haha

Ok so this morning I stuck his old 75w daylight basking bulb in. Unfortunately i dont have anything else to provide both uva and uvb other than the 130w bulb. But I read on here its ok to go a day or few without his UVB? So I'm testing this morning with his old less powerful basking bulb...

Would he be itching his eyes if it was too bright? And I thought if it was too bright he wouldn't bask under there? but he seems to enjoy a nice bask, just really struggles with those eyes. You think maybe rasising the lamp a little higher might help? I could try replace with a 80w bulb but I...

Booked him in at the vets for monday. He isn't very active at all. not been moving much, only from his log hide to his basking spot and back. He hasn't ate anything today. And he still seems to be struggling to open those eyes, his eyelid almost flickers with movement when trying to open fully...

Thanks. he's still slightly lethargic and mostly keeps the eye shut. But when he wants to open it, he seems to be able to slowly. then once he's done some eating or walking etc, he'll go back to basking with eyes closed. I'm hoping he is ok and I'm just over worrying. Maybe he just wasn't happy...

One last question I could do with clearing up, as I'm finding multiple answers on the internet... how humid should it be for a hermann? I'm spraying down his soil every day to try stop not from going dry and dusty. The top layer will always dry out though, right? Whenever that happens I just...

Morning update. He slept all night under his new CHE. I removed the hide as the CHE wasn't heating up underneath like I planned for him. So the right corner of his table is just plane and the substrate heats up to around 25-27° at night time once the che is on. Hopefully he enjoyed it! Slept...

So i got my CHE today, went for 40W as I didn't want to over power him on night time. I re arranged his table (hope he isn't mad lol) he now has a hide under his new CHE in the corner for night time. hopefully he uses it! I also got my eye drops for him today (Beaphar eye and skin ointment) I...

Checked temps last night and they were around 22/23°. What temperature would you suggest for night time? Really hope it's not an RI. Will get a CHE for tonight to hopefully help out if he was too cold. I read mixed opinions on night time temps.. I've seen people say 15° is ok, 20°, all sorts! My...

I asked for 100w but the pet shop didn't have any in stock. thought if I raised the height of the fixture it would be ok, it doesn't seem to get too hot, not unless the substrate dries out. Or unless he's under the spot for quite some time! Like the picture above. But he has plenty of room to...

Here he is, passed out under his heat lamp.

Thanks for the reply Bee! His enclosure is upstairs in my bedroom. my room can get quite warm sometimes, Even more since adding a tortoise to it. I keep my windows closed and door shut, so not sure how there could be a draft. I even turned my radiators off as I thought it was getting to warm at...

Gave him another bathe as it seems to loosen his eye lids up so he can open again. Managed to grab some more photos of the eyes while open etc. Other info, I'm using a solar glo 125w, hotspot ranges from 32-38° depending how dry the substrate is. His other corners range from 21° and 24° inside...

Hey there! So my girlfriend recently decided to buy us a hermann tortoise lol. I've owned a couple other reptiles in the past, bearded dragon etc.. but those are nothing compared to these awesome guys! We named him Otis and he seemed to be loving his new life I've had him about 3/4 weeks now...