BonbonSammy
Member
People who live in humid countries make the mistake of thinking it's humid here, my tortoise doesn't need more humidity, but that's the wrong thinking. Your tortoise's enclosure is under heat and lights. All this dries out the enclosure and it's not nearly as humid in there as you think it is. Wet the substrate and when it dries out, wet it again!
Thank you.People who live in humid countries make the mistake of thinking it's humid here, my tortoise doesn't need more humidity, but that's the wrong thinking. Your tortoise's enclosure is under heat and lights. All this dries out the enclosure and it's not nearly as humid in there as you think it is. Wet the substrate and when it dries out, wet it again!
CHE is inside the enclosure but not in use. UVB 15w 10.0 T5 is on a timer, but maybe I will cut the time down..
Substrate is layers of hydroballs, coco coir and repti bark. I spray it down when it look dry or if I don’t see as much condensation in the hydro ball layer.
Water dish is really deeper then it looks. It is actually made to steam asparagus in the microwave. It holds about 3 cups of water. The area they walk on is the tray which is submerged into the water but is not to deep. That definitely work for the humidity.
Temperature sensor currently reads at 3:00pm inside their home is 87 degrees / 95% humidity. Just with UVB on.
Everyday after work, they come out of the enclosure and Luke warm soak for about a 20 mins. or so, hanging out in the container while kids are doing their homework and their “doing their business!”
** I do have one question when it comes to humidity. Can they have too much humidity?
At night before bed with nothing on in their enclosure, it can create up to 100% of humidity, at about 80 degrees. I lift the hood a inch to let some humidity out and drop it down to 90%. Just to be on the safe side because I’m unsure about that.