Thanks, I do soak them but will try your suggestions.
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Thanks, I do soak my torts daily. DO you know how to keep the enclosure humid throughout. I spread down the enclosure before I go to work, but when I get home it's down to 50% humid. Don't know how to keep it humid through the day.
Thanks for the reply. I turn off the UVB light at night but what I've noticed is that the torts actually come out late night/early morning (2-4am). At night I use an infrared light for heat. The basking light gets pretty hot, so I'm not worry about the heat level. In fact, I worry more about...
Hi,
I recently got two Greek Torts about a month ago. They were extremely active the first day I got them home, basically crawling everywhere for hours.
After that they seem to slow down quite a bit and one of my tort keeps his eyes closed half the time. The humidity in my enclosure is...
I read some of the other threads and realized that the coil type bulbs are bad for the torts so I just got a strip light. Seems to already make a difference, their eyes don't close as often and they seem more active.
Thanks everyone for welcoming me to the form, it's feels like a real community!
I appreciate all the advice and suggestions, so as a result I've bought a humidity gage as well as two thermometer, which has helped me monitor the enclosure's temp and conditions.
I also have switch out the...
I'm using a Reptile Glo 10 UVB light and a 100W Infrared Basking light by Expo Terra. I sprayed enclosure w/ a mist spray bottle, temp is probably 70s, basking area high 80s.
I'm sure you're right about the new environment, I might have too high an expectation being that they were extremely...
Hi everyone, my name is Long from Orange County, CA. I just got two new Greek Tortoises and they're a few months old, still tiny. Been reading a few of the threads and there seem to be a lot of knowledgeable and friendly folks here! :)
Question: When I brought them home yesterday from a...