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Hello everyone, got a few questions here.
Just got myself an indian star tortoise from a friend who kept it for over a year. Based on what I'm told, I'm guessing its 1year++ old. Appears to be in good health as my friend is an avid lover of star tortoises. I use the Exo-terra Sun Glo 50W bulb that only outputs only UVA.
The tortoise seems to be reacting positively towards the indoor enclosure I've set up. The thing I'm most curious about is that in the equatorial climate of Singapore, humidity and temperature shdn't be much of an issue. But the tortoise seems to bask under the Sun Glo bulb for hours, be it day or night. But now and then, it does walk about for abit before returning to the heat.
I did a test, I place the tortoise in the hidebox, it will awaken in a min or two and scamper towards the heat source. The room temp the last time i checked was 27* celcius and with the lamp on for so long it increased to about 30*.
Its a pretty small tortoise, about 6.5cm. Gave it carrots, some veges, Timothy hay and alfalfa hay. Did not see it eating actively when presented with the food, especially the hay. (Overnight, carrots and hay were untouched and only noticed some holes in the green veges.)
So is there something wrong with it? Sorry if I sound rather paranoid, a decade ago I had a Burmese star tortoise, it died after a short period of 2 years.
Just got myself an indian star tortoise from a friend who kept it for over a year. Based on what I'm told, I'm guessing its 1year++ old. Appears to be in good health as my friend is an avid lover of star tortoises. I use the Exo-terra Sun Glo 50W bulb that only outputs only UVA.
The tortoise seems to be reacting positively towards the indoor enclosure I've set up. The thing I'm most curious about is that in the equatorial climate of Singapore, humidity and temperature shdn't be much of an issue. But the tortoise seems to bask under the Sun Glo bulb for hours, be it day or night. But now and then, it does walk about for abit before returning to the heat.
I did a test, I place the tortoise in the hidebox, it will awaken in a min or two and scamper towards the heat source. The room temp the last time i checked was 27* celcius and with the lamp on for so long it increased to about 30*.
Its a pretty small tortoise, about 6.5cm. Gave it carrots, some veges, Timothy hay and alfalfa hay. Did not see it eating actively when presented with the food, especially the hay. (Overnight, carrots and hay were untouched and only noticed some holes in the green veges.)
So is there something wrong with it? Sorry if I sound rather paranoid, a decade ago I had a Burmese star tortoise, it died after a short period of 2 years.
