I have to cherry headed tortoises. They live in an 8ft long x 4ft wide pen with 3 or 4 ft high walls. I am having a difficult time keeping the temperature above 77degrees F even under the heat emitters; I have three and they are spread down the length of the pen. Do any of you have suggestions...
I'm about to build a bioactive set up for my cherry heads. I have two questions about the substrate.
1. What is the best
2. Does it need a drainage layer
Maybe not everything (that was a little bit of an exaggeration) but a good list. I don't know what sites to trust, and also, there aren't even that many sites that have lists, good or bad.
Hey everyone!
I have had no luck in finding a good complete list of safe fruits and veggies for my cherry heads. Everyone kind of just says "feed chopped fruit," or "most fruit is safe" or stuff like that. I want to make sure that I don't feed them anything harmful but that they still get...
I am wondering about hibernating in these turtles that live inside.
Do they have to hibernate if they are inside?
Do I need to put them in the fridge or should I just lower and eventually stop heating their cage and let them do their thing?
Amy info you have would be much appreciated ?
I have two, two year old rescued cherry headed tortoises. They are in an enclosure that is between 3 and four feet long x two or three feet wide. The temperature stays between 75 and 80 degrees during the day and drops to around 70 at night. They currently have a spiral type light that they came...
Hey Everyone,
I got my cherry headed tortoises a week ago, and they really aren't eating much. Each day they only a couple small pieces of spring mix greens, boiled egg, dandelion greens, and chopped fruit. It may sound like a lot, but, when I go to get rid of un eaten food, there is barely a...
Ok... So I recently rescued two cherry headed tortoises. Normally I wouldn't get any new animal before I am confident in their care, but the timing for this adoption didn't workout that way.
I have been researching like crazy, and I feel mostly confident except for night time heating. I have...