@Tom , @KarenSoCal , thank you once again for everything you told me. She has POOPED today!
There was no vermiculite (at least nothing solid), only weeds (if it’s interesting to anybody ?)
I never thought I would be so happy to see excrements?
The swelling did go down a bit, I’ll keep an eye...
@Tom thank you very much, Tom!
I’ve started making all the adjustments to the terrarium as you said.
I don’t have a UV metre but I will put it higher.
Thank you once again! I will keep you posted on the progress ?
Thank you everyone for answering!
@Tom it’s a bit of relief to known that it can take up to 10-14 days.
Thank you for all the recommendations, I will adjust it all in the terrarium.
The Arcadia 12% is a T8 bulb hung 20cm above the tort. It’s not a very new one, it had been in use in another...
Guys, you have already helped me out with the incubation things, now I really need you help with my Russian hatchling.
She hatched 10 days ago with almost no yolk sac. She weighed 14 grams upon getting out of the egg and gained 1 more gram a week after.
She spent 6 days in a brooder box with...
Thank you everyone for your kind advice! I’ve already moved the baby on a moist paper «donut » and left him in the incubator. So excited!! I will make a post with pictures and my experience later today. :)
Could somebody please help me understand what is going on in that egg?
Russian tortoise, we are on the day 69.
Humidity 65-75%, average temp C 30.6-31.6 (F 87-89).
Has the membrane been broken??? 3 days ago it was intact ....
Hi everyone!
I’ve one Russian egg being incubated for 65 days so far.... i candled it quickly two days ago and the air space/sac/bubble(whatever you call it) was getting to the bottom. BUT! Today I saw that from one side this air space got back to the top a bit (it changed its position by 4-5...
Wooow ! I didn’t know about it, I thought the less the better :( now that you explained this for sure I will have to get rid of the peat I’m using. Thank you very much for your comment!!! I appreciate!
Ooooomg :eek: that must have been way too acid. the peat I use is pH 2,5-3,5, I figures that was not very acid because what you usually buy in a store will be at pH 5,5-7,0.
But anyways probably that will be better to go with orchid bark and coco coir. Thank you very much for sharing this story!
Wooow, you got it right! I live exactly in Voronezh haha. That's incredible that you've been here because that's not quite a tourist city. Impressed!? Did you like it??
Thank you for your answer! Lucky reptile mix isn't good enough you mean mixed with coco and orchid or on it's own? Anyways, could you please comment why?
Thank you very much for you replay! Hope this one will be the perfect combination for us :)
It called "Central part", but in fact it's 500 km south of Moscow. It gets pretty cold here in winter as well, temps go down to 10-15C below zero, so no outdoor enclosure for us ?
thanks for your reply but the question is - can I mix Lucky Reptile tortoise bedding (peat) with orchid bark..
The link also doesn't answer that question
Hi there!
I'm currently looking for the ideal bedding decision for my russian torts. We have had alder wood chips for the last 5 years. I was initially recommended to use that substrate for it's not dusty.
But, recently I've decided to switch it to sth else because wood chips do not provide the...