Hi everyone!
Iām hoping you could all give me some advice on my tortoise. Yoshi is three years old and usually is very routined in his movements. He comes out 30 - 40 minutes after his light turns on, sunbathes and then eats his dinner. I clean out his vivarium every month which just happened last week. He usually explores his new space, knocks a few things over and then settles back into his routine. Only since the change his behaviour has been different. He has had times where heās slept for around 36 hours, and he hasnāt been eating his dinner much either (he will eat certain foods like dandelions, but his usual food mix heās been ignoring).
We are based in Ireland and weāre experimenting warmer than usual temperatures of 26 degrees celsius, which has increased the temperature of his vivarium to around 38-40 degrees during the day. I have tried to give him extra baths and opened his vivarium to cool it down. Iāve also been spraying down his substrate (cyprus mulch) to add some moisture as well.
He looks completely healthy and curious, but this behaviour worries me. I love my tortoise very much so any time he behaves oddly Iām questioning why. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
Iām hoping you could all give me some advice on my tortoise. Yoshi is three years old and usually is very routined in his movements. He comes out 30 - 40 minutes after his light turns on, sunbathes and then eats his dinner. I clean out his vivarium every month which just happened last week. He usually explores his new space, knocks a few things over and then settles back into his routine. Only since the change his behaviour has been different. He has had times where heās slept for around 36 hours, and he hasnāt been eating his dinner much either (he will eat certain foods like dandelions, but his usual food mix heās been ignoring).
We are based in Ireland and weāre experimenting warmer than usual temperatures of 26 degrees celsius, which has increased the temperature of his vivarium to around 38-40 degrees during the day. I have tried to give him extra baths and opened his vivarium to cool it down. Iāve also been spraying down his substrate (cyprus mulch) to add some moisture as well.
He looks completely healthy and curious, but this behaviour worries me. I love my tortoise very much so any time he behaves oddly Iām questioning why. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!