Recent content by KirstenK

Thanks, I like the idea of plexi and think I'm going to get a sheet I can place over certain areas. I think that will do it. I like the flexibility of it also.

Yes thanks this is very helpful.

Is this something you mount to the side of the enclosure? So in other words I'll need more than one?

Haha uh, no what is that? would you mind posting a link to a product you recommend? Right now all I have thermostat that monitors the basking spot which maintains btwn 90-95 degrees at approximately shell height.

Oh thank you for that info about the mess. I haven't really been thinking about the temperature of it. I don't know that the health stuff is due to the humidity, but I'd already been feeling like maybe it wasn't humid enough so I'm just trying to address that regardless. He is usually a little...

Oh yes, sorry if that was confusing. He does not get light of any kind at night, just a little heat from the ceramic lamp and he does sleep under that.

My concern now is that I'm pretty sure he will continue to want to sleep in the corner with the lamps at night, if I cover that and with anything that he's not getting the light he needs. One of those domes is also a ceramic heat lamp that stays on a low temp overnight.

Wow those look great to me. so is that a sheet of plexiglass over-the-top there? So get this, I have tried a number of different hides in there and he just will not use them. I had one that was also made with the enclosure, a simple little house. he checked it out once and never went inside...

Ok ty. I was thinking that about getting a fogger but wanted some confirmation.l. I do have a pretty deep layer, about 5 in I would say. But I can definitely make it deeper. I have sometimes been doing that by throwing some water in there, but I've also been afraid of mold. I never had a mold...

Hi all. This is a roughly 3'x6ft tort table I had built. I have an adult Hermann's in it. He is having health issues which I think may be due to not enough humidity. Right now I missed it down manually as many times as I can per day but I'm learning at my apartment is really dry and that it's...

Thanks for the relpy and ideas. I will keep this in mind if it happens again. the thing is it seems to only happend after he has done the the bathroom, specifically made urine/urate so, IDK makes it seems it is related to that in some way.

Hi all. I have some questions about something going on with my tort. Some background - he is male hermann's tort, probably around 5yo, seems full grown (about 6-7 length. I've had him since last November. He lives in an almost 6ft long tort table, substrate is mix of coco coir and cypress mulch...

Oh thank goodness. It's hard to imagine though that he would be able to digest it and the woodness of it not harm his insides. I am definitely going to foodonly lay in his slate and big rocks going forward. And glad to hear about the penis ha!

Hi all. I am a new Hermanns tort owner, I got a male about 4yrs old (they said) about a month ago and he seems to be doing well so far. I have him in a large table on cypress mulch, with areas of soil and coir mix. I've read a lot here before joining so have some info including dangers of...

Hi. I recently got a Herman's tortoise, I believe he is 3-4 years old. I'm looking for some advice and looking forward to the community support here.