ajawayj
New Member
Hello,
I recently posted in another thread, on Russian tortoises, asking what was wrong with my boy Stan because there were cracks in his shell. I've been informed it's down to low Vitamin D levels (bad light, also live in UK) and poor diet, so he's displaying early pyramiding and MBD. I've been told how to treat this, and we're working on it!!
It was also pointed out that we have a Hermanns, not a Horsefield as was previously believed!
I bring this up because I was wondering about humidity. Humidity helps with reducing pyramiding and with shell growth, right? But Hermanns aren't meant to have too humid of an atmosphere. So now I'm a bit confused. At the moment we're going to change our sand/limestone/crap substrate to one of coconut coir to try and increase humidity, as well as getting a new UV lamp.
Should I not change the substrate in case the humidity is too much for Stan, or am I overthinking this? I just want him to be ok.
I recently posted in another thread, on Russian tortoises, asking what was wrong with my boy Stan because there were cracks in his shell. I've been informed it's down to low Vitamin D levels (bad light, also live in UK) and poor diet, so he's displaying early pyramiding and MBD. I've been told how to treat this, and we're working on it!!
It was also pointed out that we have a Hermanns, not a Horsefield as was previously believed!
I bring this up because I was wondering about humidity. Humidity helps with reducing pyramiding and with shell growth, right? But Hermanns aren't meant to have too humid of an atmosphere. So now I'm a bit confused. At the moment we're going to change our sand/limestone/crap substrate to one of coconut coir to try and increase humidity, as well as getting a new UV lamp.
Should I not change the substrate in case the humidity is too much for Stan, or am I overthinking this? I just want him to be ok.