Hello one and all,
Thank you for all your great tips and advice this site has really helped calm some of my nerves! I have started to implement the changes you have suggested and he seemed quite happy after his bath this morning. Hopefully have his new substrate soon...
We grow lots of untreated spider plants and sempervivums at home so was thinking of adding those, At the moment my heat is controlled by a microclimate thermostat so it is still on at night but it casts a low red light. I've got an analogue thermometer in there too to check the levels
The bulb is a red spot heat bulb which I was told would help control the temperature, it has a thermostat to set it I've got it at 90 for the day and 80 at night ( though the other end of the viv is cooler) but we've got a uv tube in too. The substrate is a brand called pro rep tortoise life...
Hello all, I've been wanting a tortoise for years now and when I arrived home from work yesterday I found my wonderful family had bought me one as a surprise birthday present. He's a gorgeous Horsefield ( I know he might be a she but we seem to have settled on he for now) not sure how old but...