Change the substrate. when you change the substrate make it around 4-5 inches deep, so your tortoise has a choice to burrow itself.Thank you for the welcome! Hi my rescue baby's name is golf ball. I rescued him about a year ago as an almost dead hatchling. He has live plants and grasses in his enclosure to pick on and it's not all walnut shell it's organic soil with crushed walnut on top. I also just last night rescued a quarter sized common snapping turtle from the road. I didn't mean to offend the tort police with my walnut shells.? Golf ball is definitely doing great and the humidity is about 70 to 80 first thing in the morning, enclosure is fogged up until lights on.
I have decided to quit this forum not because I am upset. Never said I was. Everything was assumed. I only said hello, hope everyone is well etc. And no it's not sand. No one knows me or how much knowledge I have about all types of animal husbandry. And if the enclosure has all walnut shells. If I soak golf ball in a sink every morning because he likes it and poops anacondas. All assumptions were based upon a picture. Could anyone tell from the pic that I am disabled? Hope everyone stays safe and healthy. SuZque, golf ball and the whole gang out.I don’t think anyone is trying to upset you. We have seen some awful things on this forum and when we see something that worries us (such as the substrate you are using) we tend to say it immediately because we all know how quickly a tortoise can go downhill. Unfortunately we have also found that a lot of tortoises will survive something like an impaction for months only to die slowly later on.. I think we can all agree that we just want our tortoises to thrive and that’s all anyone here will try to help you with. Welcome to the forum. I really hope you choose to look at the care sheets here, as this website and it’s members are some of the most knowledgeable around. ?
Obviously we wouldn’t tell... we see stuff happens with this type of substrate. There’s a reason we tell you.I have decided to quit this forum not because I am upset. Never said I was. Everything was assumed. I only said hello, hope everyone is well etc. And no it's not sand. No one knows me or how much knowledge I have about all types of animal husbandry. And if the enclosure has all walnut shells. If I soak golf ball in a sink every morning because he likes it and poops anacondas. All assumptions were based upon a picture. Could anyone tell from the pic that I am disabled? Hope everyone stays safe and healthy. SuZque, golf ball and the whole gang out.