CandyApple
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Well I thought I'd start a journal to track my little guys (or girls) progress.
We bought him some frozen mango (which he LOVES) and yesterday we fed him an earthworm. He truly is nature's garbage disposal. I swear he will eat anything. He's been eating a mix of dandelion, plantain, and clover from the yard as well as a variety of grocery store greens (kale, mustard, turnip and collard greens, red, green and romaine lettuces) and we have arugula and escarole growing in the garden right now. He likes blueberries and wax worms as well. I have mazuri tortoise diet, more for a back up plan during the winter, and a broadleaf seed mix coming in the mail on Monday.
Today we got his new reptisun bulb in the mail from chewy and stupid me broke it when it slid out of the box while I was trying to open it. They packaged it REALLY well in tape and bubble wrap. So we will have to wait at least 4 more days for a new replacement. I also got cuttlebone and eco earth today. We're planning on cleaning up our 75 gallon tank and starting a planted grow out enclosure for him.
He's currently in a 40 gallon with a CHE and an old 18inch UVB bulb that needs replacing. I covered the lid with foil tape but it still isn't holding humidity as well as it needs to so it needs more tweaking. The temperature is steady between 80-90 degrees ambient. I'd really like to replace the CHE with a RHP eventually as I'm sure that would help my humidity issue.
He tipped the scales a few days ago at a whopping 43 grams. [emoji7]
We bought him some frozen mango (which he LOVES) and yesterday we fed him an earthworm. He truly is nature's garbage disposal. I swear he will eat anything. He's been eating a mix of dandelion, plantain, and clover from the yard as well as a variety of grocery store greens (kale, mustard, turnip and collard greens, red, green and romaine lettuces) and we have arugula and escarole growing in the garden right now. He likes blueberries and wax worms as well. I have mazuri tortoise diet, more for a back up plan during the winter, and a broadleaf seed mix coming in the mail on Monday.
Today we got his new reptisun bulb in the mail from chewy and stupid me broke it when it slid out of the box while I was trying to open it. They packaged it REALLY well in tape and bubble wrap. So we will have to wait at least 4 more days for a new replacement. I also got cuttlebone and eco earth today. We're planning on cleaning up our 75 gallon tank and starting a planted grow out enclosure for him.
He's currently in a 40 gallon with a CHE and an old 18inch UVB bulb that needs replacing. I covered the lid with foil tape but it still isn't holding humidity as well as it needs to so it needs more tweaking. The temperature is steady between 80-90 degrees ambient. I'd really like to replace the CHE with a RHP eventually as I'm sure that would help my humidity issue.
He tipped the scales a few days ago at a whopping 43 grams. [emoji7]