So, their is substrate under the moss. I just put that around the food and water bowls to help him get into them. What is the concern with moss? I ordered a kit through the website cbreptiles.com and they sent all the materials including enclosure, lighting, moss, bowl, substrate, fogger and food. The reason I have had the fogger on constantly is because it is not humid enough in the enclosure. How can I get the humidity up otherwise? The temp on the thermometer is around 70 when it is on the wall of the enclosure. I placed it under the heat lamp directly but idk how accurate it is because obviously the temp just keeps climbing the linger i leave it there. My tortoise did just eat quite a bit so that is a good thing!
They will sometimes eat the moss, and it can cause an impaction. Sometimes the kits, and things they sell for reptiles are not always the safe and best. We have to constantly modify our tortoises enclosures. We post on here through trial and error about products etc and then try to help others on here to prevent them from making similar mistakes.
Hello! Since you are asking for pointers, I thought I’d push this out to you. It has A LOT of information, but it is the best and most comprehensive care sheet you will find. Read through it a few times and ask as many questions as you need.
www.tortoiseforum.org
Large vivs are usually recommended for babies because its easier to control the temps and humidity. There is a lot of old information still circulating about tort care and, sadly, companies with little idea of it still selling unsuitable and unsafe equipment to make more profit. Many of us have made similar mistakes and had to make changes so you are not alone. There are ways of modifying your table either with plexiglass or a portable mini greenhouse placed over it.
