NatalieFogle2001
New Member
Hi!! My name is Natalie and I’m new to the forum, this is my first post! I am a first time owner of a pet tortoise, (adopted from petsmart last Sunday). Today is the first time I’ve seen him eat, but I’ve soaked him every other day for 25-30 min in warm water. He seems kinda lazy and sleepy most of the time. I’ve taken him outside to let him roam in the grass, always being supervised, and he is very active then. He also get little bursts of energy and will do laps around his kiddy pool. The adoption papers say testudo tortoise and that’s all. I don’t know what kind of torty i have on my hands, HELP!!! I also just realized that what I though was my girl (which i was calling maple) tortoise is actually a boy!!!! Im gonna have to give him a new name i think lol. But I’m wondering if y’all could also tell me how mature he is??
He eats green onions, celery leaves and stalk, the lemon balm I’m growing, and some weeds and dandelions from the yard.
He has a nice soaking/drinking water area. His basking areas is at 95 degrees and the cooler side about 70-75. I mist his area once a day and the hygrometer said 50% last time I checked. He had a nice heating lamp with a good uncoiled bulb? I plan on getting a infrared bulb and lamp for the night time. And the substrate is natural cypress mulch.
Id love to hear anything y’all could tell me or advise me on! Thank ya!?
He eats green onions, celery leaves and stalk, the lemon balm I’m growing, and some weeds and dandelions from the yard.
He has a nice soaking/drinking water area. His basking areas is at 95 degrees and the cooler side about 70-75. I mist his area once a day and the hygrometer said 50% last time I checked. He had a nice heating lamp with a good uncoiled bulb? I plan on getting a infrared bulb and lamp for the night time. And the substrate is natural cypress mulch.
Id love to hear anything y’all could tell me or advise me on! Thank ya!?