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Now I am confused.
After learning in several post that I read and books that I checked out on Hermann (well Russian anyway, since there are not that many books on Hermann, but I am told, I can go for the instructions for Russians too?) before we got our little Mr. Bubbles I assumend that Hermanns don't need a lot of Humidity and are not supposed to sit in wet substrate, which is the cause that everybody seems to recommend a Tortoise table instead of a closed terrarium or other closed up enclosures.
I also read that they - to make up for that dry surroundings - need to be soaked every other day the latest and not to long at a time because of shell rot.
Now I had to learn the hard way, that this above said things only count for adult tortoises... and that hatchlings need more water. Even - like in a post by a fellow Hermann Hatchling Owner - a closed enclosure would be the only way to get the problem with humid enclosure solved.
My Mr. Bubbles is about 7 Months old. So far he is doing ok, I soak him at least every other day, these days I soak him every day for about 20 minutes in luke warm water. And he seems to enjoy it, actuallly seems to even ask for it sometimes
. But only for a while and then he def. wants back out and on his dry bark stuff.
I spray his substrate (bark and coco coir) with water and his humidity levels are in good times about 30 and in most times about 17, due to the tortoise table and me being not able to close it up (because of lighting and such.
I do not want to wet the whole substrate completely, because of the shell rot and all those things that I read, that it would not be good.
So my questions are (hope somebody read till here...):
How long does it take for a Hermann to get to the point where this humidity necessity changes? Is it the age of adult Hermanns, that don't need that much Humidity anymore? So I do keep mr. Bubbles rather in a smaller enclosure with closed up so the humidity levels are better, and move him in the big enclosure (open tortoise table), when he is an adult and about 2 years old?
Or did I get all this informations wrong and I have to rethink the whole instructions how to keep a healthy tortoise.
Because I thought about setting up the tortoise table in the basement. It is way more humid down there and the levels should be easier to even out that way? But its without real sunslight and very quiet most of the time.
I would appreciate clear instructions to that. And advice, because after my friend lost his little russian hatchling to dehydration, I am worried that I might loose my little Mr. Bubbles (about 3 inch) now too,
Thank you so much and sorry for the long text.
After learning in several post that I read and books that I checked out on Hermann (well Russian anyway, since there are not that many books on Hermann, but I am told, I can go for the instructions for Russians too?) before we got our little Mr. Bubbles I assumend that Hermanns don't need a lot of Humidity and are not supposed to sit in wet substrate, which is the cause that everybody seems to recommend a Tortoise table instead of a closed terrarium or other closed up enclosures.
I also read that they - to make up for that dry surroundings - need to be soaked every other day the latest and not to long at a time because of shell rot.
Now I had to learn the hard way, that this above said things only count for adult tortoises... and that hatchlings need more water. Even - like in a post by a fellow Hermann Hatchling Owner - a closed enclosure would be the only way to get the problem with humid enclosure solved.
My Mr. Bubbles is about 7 Months old. So far he is doing ok, I soak him at least every other day, these days I soak him every day for about 20 minutes in luke warm water. And he seems to enjoy it, actuallly seems to even ask for it sometimes
. But only for a while and then he def. wants back out and on his dry bark stuff.I spray his substrate (bark and coco coir) with water and his humidity levels are in good times about 30 and in most times about 17, due to the tortoise table and me being not able to close it up (because of lighting and such.
I do not want to wet the whole substrate completely, because of the shell rot and all those things that I read, that it would not be good.
So my questions are (hope somebody read till here...
):How long does it take for a Hermann to get to the point where this humidity necessity changes? Is it the age of adult Hermanns, that don't need that much Humidity anymore? So I do keep mr. Bubbles rather in a smaller enclosure with closed up so the humidity levels are better, and move him in the big enclosure (open tortoise table), when he is an adult and about 2 years old?
Or did I get all this informations wrong and I have to rethink the whole instructions how to keep a healthy tortoise.
Because I thought about setting up the tortoise table in the basement. It is way more humid down there and the levels should be easier to even out that way? But its without real sunslight and very quiet most of the time.
I would appreciate clear instructions to that. And advice, because after my friend lost his little russian hatchling to dehydration, I am worried that I might loose my little Mr. Bubbles (about 3 inch) now too,
Thank you so much and sorry for the long text.
