Humidity Question

[DrSkyentist]

Hey all!

I was wondering when the transition between the coco bedding and high humidity environment to low humidity should take place? I have read that it is only in the first year as that is when the leave the borrow but I was hoping to get an expert opinion.

Thanks!

 

[wellington]

Tom whose threads are below on humidity and tortoises, mainly leopards and sulcatas always provides his Sullies with a humid hide.

 

[DrSkyentist]

Tom whose threads are below on humidity and tortoises, mainly leopards and sulcatas always provides his Sullies with a humid hide.

What about the habitat as a whole? right now I have an average of 80% humidity in the enclosure but when should that part start dropping?

 

[wellington]

I would not stop until around two.

 

[wellington]

If you put him outside during the day, then have him sleep in the high humidity for night time.

 

[DrSkyentist]

Thanks for the feedback! I was able to fix the initial humidity issue in the habitat with an idea I got from Tom's thread by employing the pvc pipe and sheeting idea.

 

[Tom]

Humidity is needed for as long as they are growing. I can only keep sulcatas indoors for so long. When raised right and kept healthy, they grow pretty fast and need to be moved outdoors within a year or two. They can have perfect shells indoors, but as soon as I move them out, I get really ugly growth lines and big notches start forming due to my dry climate. I'm trying to keep some humidity in their night boxes and this seems to be helping, but I still have not found an ideal solution.

 

[Dizisdalife]

My experience has been the similar to Tom's with transitioning my sulcata to a dryer, outdoor environment. The climate where I live is cooler and moister than where Tom lives, but by no means is it as moist as Texas or Florida, or many other states. Keeping a constant, elevated humidity level in the night box has not been a problem. I have just a few water dishes on a shelf that keep the humidity above 70%, even when Chuck sits in the doorway holding the flap open while he decides if he is coming out or not.