I noticed tiny white bugs all over the glass of my tortoise table. I only saw 1 on my sulcata. They're too small for my phone to focus, so I put them under a microscope. I'm assuming mites, but are they just in the eco earth, or are they attacking my sulcate?
I have poison dart frogs in a vivarium that is mostly covered and it stays pretty close to 80% humidity all the time. Now I know that the set up is going to be completely different with the sulcata.
How do other people keep their sulcata setup the proper humidity? I'm sure they don't all have...
I'm setting up a 50g zoo med low boy for my young sulcate tortoise. I'm looking at getting the Zilla Slimline UVB T8 Fluorescent Fixture... With the light being less than 10" above the tortoise, should I get the recommended Desert 50 UVB, or the Tropical 25 UVB?
I'm sorry if I over reacted, but the way I read your wording was unpleasant. As I said before, I do appreciate your experience and advice. That's why I came here. Yes I am relatively new to this, But I don't like being looked down on or degraded because of false information that I was given from...
I am grateful for your insight and experience. This is exactly why I came to this forum and started a thread.
I don't know if you realize this, but you come off very arrogant. You are not God and you do not know everything. you don't know how big his aquarium is. There are enclosed "tortoise...
His shell is 5.5" x 4.5"
I don't have a food scale to weigh him with. Maybe a pound?
He is currently in a large aquarium, which I expect him to outgrow within a year. I plan on building a large "tortoise table" this winter. I just emptied out the failed grass experiment (dirt), cleaned...
OK, I purchased some Eco Earth coconut fiber today. I'll work on getting that switched out. Looking into humid hide designs...
As far as diet variety, I'd prefer to offer him "wild" greens when in season. That's why I used mulberry leaves. What else could I give him? I have an elm tree in my...
I've researched online, And attempted to follow recommended diet recommendations. Didn't notice anything about humidity until I joined this forum.
I bought this guy as a hatchling. The breeder was feeding him romaine. I read online that they shouldn't eat much lettuce, but should eat grass. I...
I was curious about the same thing. (size when tortoise is safe to live outdoors) I live near downtown Edmond OK, and have a sulcata about 2 years old. I know that I have raccoons, possums, skunks, stray cats, and hawks. Possibly other hazardous creatures.
Also, Is it safe to leave it outside...