What does everyone think of curly kale, romaine lettuce, rocket, fresh basil and coriander as a feed in the winter months while the weeds and flowers aren’t available? (Hermans)
Hi Shawn just wanted to say thanks a lot for your advise and pointing me in the right direction. Had the vivarium set up with humidity and temperature thermostats for a about a week and half now and definetly noticed an improvement in activity and feeding. No longer need to wake him up to eat...
Would something like this be appropriate? Also would I still be able to use the humidifier I just bought and would I need to buy anything else to go with the vivarium approach? I’m not to bothered about getting different bulbs as the one I have will blow sooner or later.
Hi shawn, I think the biggest problem is the humidity levels, it’s pretty easy to keep the temperatures high during the day and his room is on the east side of the house and warms up very quickly. I got a humidity gauge delivered a few days ago and it was only at 40% (which I’ve now learnt is...
Hi Shawn, yes I’ve read the care sheet and feel I’ve got most of it sussed. What I’ve gathered from advise given is that I need to focus on getting the temp level right up and start increasing the humidity. As Tmooney said I’m only 2 weeks in and every tort is bound to have different...
Hi Jan and Tmooney, thanks for your reply. I try to keep the hot end between 30-35 degrees c and the cool end I try to not let it get colder than 20. Although at night it had been dropping below 20 as we don’t keep heating on over night as I’ve read that torts will be perfectly fine with the...
Hi everyone, I am a new tortoise keeper and have had my Herman’s for 2 weeks now, he is 2020 bread 60 grams in weight and 6cm x 5cm. Perhaps this is normal behaviour for a hatchling but he seems to sleep an awful lot and only wakes when I litterally wake him up, once I have woken him I bath him...