none of the uvb n mvb lights r available in mumbai...i myself have tried many places but to no avail...so i shifted to the best source that is sunlight...u can do is get a carpenter n make an enclosure in ur balcony...then u can grow stuff in it which r tortoise safe n they will get a lovely...
The one is just in the initial stage of pyramiding n growing fast...the who is not pyramiding is growing at slow rate but is super smooth.
Probably a year more then i will shift to a bigger apartment with a garden...then they gonna have a lot of space. I just wish nothing bad happens between...
It might just be like 2 childern who recieve the same love care n attention but one grows to be tall n other a little short in comparison with the other....things just happens. Sometimes there are explainations. Things just happen. lolz
hi everyone..
I have a question to ask do same conditions have varied effects on tortoises of the same species? I have two star tortoises both r approx a 11 months old. In morning to afternoon they receive direct sunlight so the overall temp is 35 to 38°c. Around 5 pm i switch on thier basking...
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I got some cuttlebones...just wanted to know how to remove the upper hard layer easily.. n my torts nvr try to eat em when thet are whole..But when i smash it into small peices they eat it.
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let me just jump to my problem first...i can spot some tiny bugs in my torts home a week ago...yeaterday i checked on em and they were a lot of em...so did a complete change of soil and now i have changed the complete soil to coco peat or fiber with some topsoil mixed in it...
It...
Is he rubbing his eyes...with regard to bubbles crank up the temp in his enclosure for 2 or 3 days n observe if he has become active or not....m when i say crank up the temp it must be close to 36c....dont turn of thr light at night. Just keep his hide moist n temp closento 36. i am sure he will...
That is the cuttlebone...i just broke it into small peices and spread all over. they like to smell it and eat it...they nvr touch the cuttle bone bt when i give them like this they eat it all...
currently they r eating too much... 3 times a day..dat worries me a lil.
so guys hii....my 2 lil stars are addicted to bad food like french beans and okra...they refuse to eat anything else. I tried to starve them for a few days and try again but they guilt shammed me n my mom and we had to giff them what they want..
So i need help. how can i make them eat the good...
when i hand feed them i manage to make them eat little strands of hibiscus leaves and after two bites they come to knw the difference and just ignore it completely...and this was the fault of the human..u r right. now i use french beans as a bait while i hand feed them sneak in 2 hibiscus leaves...