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karleyreed said:She is very cute!!! How many do you have?? I'm such a worrier!! I'm hopeless haha. I feel like a mother to a new baby! I actually cried the night after I got him as I was worried incase I wasn't doing the right things for him haha. He seems generally happy, he eats like a pig, poops once or twice every other day, and drinks and wees everyday. He has plenty space to run around as his enclosure is 4x2 so a lot of room for him to explore!! I'm just in love with him and want him to have the best care possible!
karleyreed said:That sounds like a fab idea!! I'm new to all of this so worry quite a bit!! I love torts though! Can I ask what kind of enclosure you keep yours in? And how do you maintain humidity for them? Also, do you turn the heat emmiter off on a night??
karleyreed said:Ohh I see. Mine is kept in a vivarium, solid wood with a glass front, he can't see out tho the glass starts pretty high up. I've read good and bad things about vivs but I suppose everyone has a preference and opinion. I live in the north east of England where it's really cold during winter, and my house generally gets cold on a night so I turn his emitter down to around 15degrees C but always keep it on for him. I've only had him a week So I think he's still getting used to his new crib lol. I'm using tortoise life as a subtrate ATM but have been told about choir, could I get some of that and just put it in an area in his viv to keep moist? Is it best to have the warmer side humid??
karleyreed said:Wow that's fab!! Youve done a great job on that! I wish I was creative like that. I heard vivs were good for maintaining the heat which is Defo what I needed for this little fella!! This may be a silly question, but the basking temp is the temp directly under the beat emmiter isn't it?? I get worried that my heat emmiter never reaches the correct temp, eventho I turn it up to 32 degrees C on a day and around 15 on a night, letting it cool down but never it's never off.
There's a pik of the heat emitter and a few snaps of inside his viv. It's not pimped out yet as I'm still unsure as to what to put in it. And his size limits me as I'm unable to put things for him to climb over etc and he may flip. I like having a viv, it's kept in my bedroom and also makes a great tv stand!!
And your right! They are very cute!!! If I could manage two I would, but for now, worrying about one is enough! Lol.
karleyreed said:Thanks. It's not finished yet, going to wait until he gets a little bigger before I add too many things. He's happy just to wonder about ATM, and tbh, it takes him a while to cover the proximity of the viv anyway haha. The emmiter i used doesn't give off any light what so ever. I used a UV light for that which I keep on 12-15 hours a day. There's so many opinions of how to correctly look after a Tort, I didn't think it would be this optional lol.