I am about to change it. Can I ask why no sand at all? I actually like it because when I "scoop" out pee and poop in between substarte changes, it acts sort of like cat litter and the pee clumps better and is easier to remove. I've seen so many differing opinion on using sand. But all that use...
Hi TechnoCheese! Thank you for your responses!
Her soaks are with warm water and I have to keep changing it out bc it gets cool or cold depending on how long I leave her in there. We've had her about a year now and she is no better in her soaks than she was when we first got her. So I don't...
I was following this thread and had a few questions, Holly, I hope you don't mind. :)
Regarding humidity, what does it need to be inside the enclosure? and is soaking daily really necessary? We usually do it 2-3 times per week. More like 2 usually as we are all busy and this was our daughters...
I'll have to measure but we have it where the light bulb manufacturer suggests and I also put a thermometer on the substrate directly under the light to make sure she would get warm enough. It gets about 95° in her basking spot. Her akin flaking isn't alot. Only a small place on her neck. The...
Hi - this is my first post. we've had our tortoise since February. We've noticed that her skin is darkening. We noticed it first on her head but now it seems her legs are darkening as well. Is this normal? is she getting too much light from her lamp? She's also had some flaky skins on her neck...