I have a sulcata tortoise, for bedding I usually use repti bark from petco but the price went sky high recently and he has a huuuge encloser .I recently seen on forums that orchid bark is good. Is orchid bark from lowes ok ? Jw
Are my uvb and basking bulb positioned at the correct height ? The tank is 48 L 18.5 W and 22 H. Also night temp gets to 78-79 How do I raise it , at night I use one CHE 60 w . During the say I use uvb and 175w heat lamp/basking from hardware store. Also I recently purchased Timothy grass hay...
Thank you for reply, it is a hatchling. It will not be his forever home in 3 months I am moving then I will building a loving enclosure in the porch and backyard. What does wattage need to be for basking ?
New tank for sulcata tortoise . Any ideas of what I should do for a top ?what Wattage CHE emitter to use , basking bulb ? Most important I need ideas for a top to keep humidity in. please .
A lot of people have gave me ideas of which uvb to get by describing them , but I am having a hard time finding the exact uvb for my baby sulcata . Reptisun is too expensive right now and when I am in the hardware stores I am lost, there are so many different types . I am not exactly grasping...
He goes outside everyday for about an hour and he gets 35 minutes of warm bath time everyday. I did do bell peppers twice which he loved but I seen they were not good for them. Mustard greens , hibiscus, collard greens , soft grass pellets but he doesn't seem to like those that much. Also he...
Grainy white substance, I believe my sulcata tortoise is peeing or pooping I am not sure. I read the it was uric acid ? I put him in a nice warm bath on the porch supervised to get sun as well , and he seems to be eating perfectly fine , very active with basking periods through out the day .