Recent content by LittleSkittle

Thank you for answering my question. I'll keep a close eye on his size.

Does anybody know how many months/years he needs to be in this environment?

The humidity is up to 80%. Looks like Thunder Cats are ago in my enclosure. Skittles is moving around his enclosure and drinking water out of the bowl. I have never seen him this active. I'm one happy tort momma.

I don't have access to sphagnum moss at this time. But I'll move my hide to the heated end.

How did you get the humidity so high in the hide?

Are your tortoises constantly I'm motion? Before I made all these changes he napped for several hours in under the light and heat. Now he's hiding in his hide for the first time since I've gotten him.

OK thank you. I'll close it up right now. If I can't get it up to 80% what then?

You want me to cover up the remaining open area with tin foil? How will he breath? Should I make holes?

If you look at the picture above, it's the closest I can get to a closed container.

So the temp I have I'm the basking area is 95 degrees and in the cooler side is about 85 degrees. I can't get the humidity above 60% I've already made the substrate damp. What should I do?

Alright ladies and gents. I've installed an anti-alien helmet to the enclosure and added orchid bark as fine as I could find. Potting soil has been placed under it. Skittles doesn't know how to react yet. Below are a couple of pictures. Final heat and humidity are on their way. If you have any...

I'll try to mix and match all of these solutions to make it a better enclosure. I'm off to gather supplies. I'll update pictures in a few hours and see if the enclosure looks better for the tort. I also bye a hygrometer while I'm at it.

OK I've done most of the readings and I'm convinced. Do I need to change to a glass tank? Even if there is a fear of compaction I'll try another substrate. What is the best sight to order coco coir? Money is tight so if there is another solution to keep humidity high I'd like to hear it.

I was actually just reading through Wisner and Iben. And I think switching my substrate will be smart if I need to up the humidity. I'm still very wary on coco coirs. Has there been any talk on compaction due to ingestion of substrate that isn't rabbit food?

Thank you. I'll look into that. But until I've seen bona fide research I wont change anything.