Possible...bigger tort is bullying the smaller one...you won't see it...also are your temperatures correct? I'd set them up separately...and cut up the food for that baby, smaller pieces are easier for a baby to manage....until he shapes up, I would soak him in Gerber's strained carrots...plz keep asking questions...
Oh and other people will ask for pictures of your habitat and temps humidity etc...
We have the torts separate and I will check temp is staying correct. I am soaking the torts daily in warm water( a site I checked said water temp for soaking should be 90 degrees). Do you mean feed baby strained carrots to tort or soak him in them?? Thank you so much! And yes Iwill keep asking questions.
If you add the baby food to his soaking water, he will get nutrition added that might help him...We have the torts separate and I will check temp is staying correct. I am soaking the torts daily in warm water( a site I checked said water temp for soaking should be 90 degrees). Do you mean feed baby strained carrots to tort or soak him in them?? Thank you so much! And yes Iwill keep asking questions.
Most of the care info you find for this species is wrong, and if followed usually kills the baby. Sounds like you found good info if you are soaking daily.We have the torts separate and I will check temp is staying correct. I am soaking the torts daily in warm water( a site I checked said water temp for soaking should be 90 degrees). Do you mean feed baby strained carrots to tort or soak him in them?? Thank you so much! And yes Iwill keep asking questions.
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OH!! WOW!!! So cool! I did not know that! Thank you SO much!
He is inside with basking light and UVB DaylightMost of the care info you find for this species is wrong, and if followed usually kills the baby. Sounds like you found good info if you are soaking daily.
Is the baby being housed inside or out? What temperatures? If its too cool, appetite wanes.
Follow this info for a DT. Care for Russians is the same:
Beginner Mistakes
To comment on Tom's article, go here: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-split-Beginner-Mistakes#axzz1tG8s05M5 Over the years many of us, myself included, have made many of these mistakes, and we have certainly seen them made many times by others. With springtime upon us and many new...Russian Tortoise Care Sheet
Russian tortoises have great personalities, are very hardy, tolerate a wide variety of enclosure parameters, stay small, and are generally a good "starter" tortoise in my opinion. Here is how I like to set them up: Indoor Enclosure type and size: Most people want to know the minimum size...
Oh my gosh those articles were SO much more informative than anything else I have found online! Thank you!Most of the care info you find for this species is wrong, and if followed usually kills the baby. Sounds like you found good info if you are soaking daily.
Is the baby being housed inside or out? What temperatures? If its too cool, appetite wanes.
Follow this info for a DT. Care for Russians is the same:
Beginner Mistakes
To comment on Tom's article, go here: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-split-Beginner-Mistakes#axzz1tG8s05M5 Over the years many of us, myself included, have made many of these mistakes, and we have certainly seen them made many times by others. With springtime upon us and many new...Russian Tortoise Care Sheet
Russian tortoises have great personalities, are very hardy, tolerate a wide variety of enclosure parameters, stay small, and are generally a good "starter" tortoise in my opinion. Here is how I like to set them up: Indoor Enclosure type and size: Most people want to know the minimum size...
Mostly indoors is best for them. I've done many side by side comparisons with groups of clutchmates over the years, and babies do MUCH better when kept mostly indoors. I put them outside in a safe enclosure for an hour two or three times a week. As they grow larger, I let them have more and more outside time. This is contrary to what most care sheets tell people to do. Almost all of them say some variation of "They do better when housed outside..." Totally false.
I have two zoomed rep lights. One is a Daylight Blue, which is the UV light and it is a screw in not a long tube one. The other is the zoomed reptile basking bulb, also a screw in. I didn't catch the no using Ceramic screw in...I just read that the author of the article uses long tube for UV and says ceramic or small bulb for night heat is fine. IS ceramic screw in not good to use?
Lighting and lighting types etc have always been hard for me to find concrete info on.. so this is all very helpful
Ceramics are fine for ambient heat maintenance, but you probably don't need that for a DT since they don't need night heat and the basking bulb will let them warm up during the day. Compact fluorescent lamps are the problem.
Damn that's hard...sorry...
Thank you. Its hard but I am glad we still have Dozer and will find peace in caring for him
