Recent content by isobull

I'll have to invest in a better heat lamp. This one has given me nothing but issues this winter. He's still on the small side of that and there is more enclosed space he can access. That said I definitely do plan on building him a larger enclosure soon. I appreciate the advice!

Thank you! His basking temps range from 75-80F depending on if my space heater is on. At night it usually hovers at about 72F. His cool side/cool hide is usually about 72F. Here is my enclosure. The upper right hand corner is his basking spot also where the thermometer is now. he normally...

I know this is probably a really common topic on these forums but I have yet to see a case that has helped me unfortunately. My Hermann is about 3 years old and has been acting peculiar. As of the last few weeks he's been pretty sleepy but it's winter time so I haven't thought about it much. he...

Hey, I thought I'd leave an update just in case. I started misting and soaking for longer periods of time and more regularly and his urates cleared right up! He's been really enjoying the misting and comes out just to stand in the stream of it! Possibly because he knows food comes afterwards...

Oh okay, I didn't know about misting them every now and then. I do keep his water bowl full at all times so that might up the humidity a little more. I'll try misting and soaking him more. Thanks!

he regularly gets a mixture of mizuna/dark green/purple spring mix excluding the spinach and very occasionally he'll get a treat of pumpkin or raspberry. Substrste wise I use fir bark mixed with coconut coir and Cypress mulch. Humidity ranges between 30 and 50% which is a sudden spike since my...

I have a ~1 year old hermann's tortoise that I've had for about 7 to 8 months. Everything has been really good so far aside from a minor RI that he just recently got over. I'm concerned now because his urates have become chalky. I've increased the amount of soak time he gets, how many times a...