I just moved to a new place in Houston, TX and am looking to build an outdoor enclosure for my 3 year old cherry head tortoise Hermann since the weather is nice a lot of the year for him. I would like to provide live plants for him to snack on/provide shade, but was wondering if I could gets...
It is a child's playpen my boyfriend found on Amazon.
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So I am approaching a year of having Hermann, and he is growing a lot faster than expected! His current favorite thing is when it isn't cold outside, he gets in his play pen and climbs on top of his house to (this is only a guess) plan his escape since he is not quite big enough to get over the...
I hope replying to this post will work, but I had a couple more questions.
I think Hermann is doing well with me after a month. He still hides in his enclosure, but he knows when lunch time is and pokes his head out to meet me when I come home.
Lately while there is could cover or light rain...
Awesome! While he is soaking I want to keep him outside so he can direct sunlight everyday, and then I can just provide uvb during the cold months and get the long bulb you mentioned.
I was going to let him run around my herb garden supervised, but he has an immediate problem with that , so I...
Thanks for all of the info!
I have a humidity reader and it is saying it is keeping the area around 80% humidity, but I will look into the CHE reader you mentioned to make sure it is reading correctly. I do live in Houston, which may help a little bit.
Just for my knowledge, why is the...
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I have a new baby cherry head red footed tortoise, and I wanted to make sure I am doing what I need to be/asking some advice.
I have posted pictures of little Hermann's enclosure and the cutie. He (it? since I don't actually know the sex) is about 2 in and still has his egg sack scare...
Hello!
I am a new tortoise owner and attached is my new little cherry head red footed tortoise named Hermann.
I grew up raising turtles, but am excited to raise my first tortoise!
Hermann is 4-5 weeks old and about 2 in long. I have a picture of his home which I hope is not to big for him...