No. No its not. It has nothing to do with the umbilical scar in a 5+ month old tortoise.Thats normal its just the umbillical scar healing up
No. No its not. It has nothing to do with the umbilical scar in a 5+ month old tortoise.Thats normal its just the umbillical scar healing up
I'm glad you've found us. The typical care info given for both of these species is wrong. Not your fault, and not your sister in laws fault either. But its got to change ASAP if you want to save this baby. It is extremely dehydrated and undersized and just looks bad over all.Here is their home if you have any recommendations for improvement, as far as too dry they're between 70-80% humidity except for when they're outside.
Thanks and pass this along. There is 3 inches of substrate and roughly1/2 down it is moist all the time and the lights were recommended by someone that has 2 sulcatas as far as night heat I'll let her know already gave her the link.I'm glad you've found us. The typical care info given for both of these species is wrong. Not your fault, and not your sister in laws fault either. But its got to change ASAP if you want to save this baby. It is extremely dehydrated and undersized and just looks bad over all.
You are housing them wrong in almost every way. I'm not saying this to be mean, but to let you know that if you want it to survive, you've got some major changes to make.
Tortoises should never live in pairs, and species should never be mixed. You need separate enclosures ASAP.
Open topped enclosures don't work for ether of these species because you cannot maintain the correct conditions in them. There is no way humidity is 70-80 percent in that table unless room humidity is 90-100% all day every day. Those stick-on dial type thermometer/hygrometers are not accurate or reliable.
You got the substrate right, but there needs to be much more of it and it needs to be damp, but don't do this until you get the night temps and everything else fixed.
You got the wrong bulbs in the wrong type of fixture, and I see no night heat. This is all bad news.
The current and correct care info has already been linked for you in post #14 here by NorCal tortoise guy. Read through that material to see what all you need to change. Questions are welcome after that, but everything we will tell you in individual posts is already spelled out in the care sheet.
This falls under the heading of: "Typical care info given for this species is wrong." That other Sulcata owner has also been given the typical wrong info, and someone should let them know too....and the lights were recommended by someone that has 2 sulcatas as far as night heat I'll let her know already gave her the link.