Daytime temps basking area is around 32 degrees, night time the whole table reads at about 18 degrees. Lighting I turn on when I wake up so about 7 am, 8 am at weekends, then turn off at about 8 pm?
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However the reason I thought he could be winding down was due to the fact that he was...
Can't seem to post my reply with a web link in it... but using a formula on tortoiseclub.org
The formula states that the tortoise's bone density can be found by weighing the tortoise in grams and dividing it by it's length in centimetres Cubed.
If the result is less than .20 then the...
Hi
I got my Hermann tortoise about 2 months ago. He was previously kept in a vivarium with heat mat, lamp, and uv light, however upon speaking to several people and researching the best ways to keep him, I now keep him in a tortoise table with heat lamp for basking and a uv lamp. He now has...
That's a great help, thank you! I want to make sure I do everything properly to keep him happy, so I will wait until next year to introduce him to the outdoors :)
Hi,
We are about to adopt a 6 year old hermann tortoise from an elderly couple who feel they cannot look after him any more.
However, they have (since birth) kept him in a warm vivarium with heat lamps and he's never been outside. He has never hibernated - poor little thing! After a lot...