Theodorian66
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So this is Darwin Tortilión
Figured I'd post a couple pics and see what you guys think on how he's looking.
At this point in the year he is primarily outside during the day in a covered outdoor inclosure.
In his outdoor inclosure he has an overhang with provides him with shade.
He has a large, shallow water dish which stays in the shaded area.
His hide in a half cut hollowed log positioned to be half in shade, half in sun for a majority of the day. which he/she has promptly dug into a burrow which extends slightly downwards about 3 inches and to the edge of the encloser.
The substrate used is a Cypress mulch/coconut mix which goes down about 12 inches to provide the opportunity to burrow, which Darwin promptly takes advantage of.
While I do allow the top layer to become dry, I keep the bottom layers rather moist and mist his/her self dug log burrow to ensure he/she has the option if choosing a more humid (hide), or dryer microclimate.
Our temperatures right now are in the 95day/75night range, but during summer goes up to 115day/95night. On days over the 100 mark i go out several times a day and spray his enclosure with cool water to cool it off a bit and ensure that his water dish water maintains a cool temp.
His diet consists of a variety of different weeds for morning and eveningevening time, with soaked grassland tortoise pellets available throughout the day.
I would like to note. When I bought the this little guy from the local pet shop. They were feeding him microwaved peas, lettuce, carrots, and soy based tortoise food. And had even tried telling me that grass was not good for him. He does has slightly raised scutes, which I feel is because of the care provided by the pet store.
Figured I'd post a couple pics and see what you guys think on how he's looking.
At this point in the year he is primarily outside during the day in a covered outdoor inclosure.
In his outdoor inclosure he has an overhang with provides him with shade.
He has a large, shallow water dish which stays in the shaded area.
His hide in a half cut hollowed log positioned to be half in shade, half in sun for a majority of the day. which he/she has promptly dug into a burrow which extends slightly downwards about 3 inches and to the edge of the encloser.
The substrate used is a Cypress mulch/coconut mix which goes down about 12 inches to provide the opportunity to burrow, which Darwin promptly takes advantage of.
While I do allow the top layer to become dry, I keep the bottom layers rather moist and mist his/her self dug log burrow to ensure he/she has the option if choosing a more humid (hide), or dryer microclimate.
Our temperatures right now are in the 95day/75night range, but during summer goes up to 115day/95night. On days over the 100 mark i go out several times a day and spray his enclosure with cool water to cool it off a bit and ensure that his water dish water maintains a cool temp.
His diet consists of a variety of different weeds for morning and eveningevening time, with soaked grassland tortoise pellets available throughout the day.
I would like to note. When I bought the this little guy from the local pet shop. They were feeding him microwaved peas, lettuce, carrots, and soy based tortoise food. And had even tried telling me that grass was not good for him. He does has slightly raised scutes, which I feel is because of the care provided by the pet store.
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