TerrapinStation
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No clue on actual age, but our new sulcata was living in a 10 gallon aquarium before we got her, with a household coil bulb for light, no substrate, and table scraps for food.
We have her in a temporary 4' x 2'x 2' closed chamber now, and are trying to get lights, heat and humidity correct.
I know this is not nearly big enough, but it is what we have for right now. This was not a planned purchase/acquisition, more of a rescue, and we are doing the best we can. In my opinion, pretty much anything is better than where she was.
What should we aim for as 4 temperature points? (hide, basking, cool, ambient)
Should we keep high humidity?
She was definitely dehydrated, and in the 2 weeks since we have had her, she has passed urate- heavy discharges, as well as healthy solid waste and dark yellow urine.
We have been doing daily soaks, and she loves to just sit in water dish inside enclosure. Appears to drink heavily while soaking.
Her appetite has been insatiable, we have been going on a mix of grape leaves, red kale, savoy cabbage, romaine, swiss chard, mazuri, Zoomed grassland and Tortoise Supply herbal hay. She also destroyed and ate the 2 jade plants we put in her enclosure. We have testudo seed mix on order, and are sprouting grass to mix in to diet.
We just don't want to shock or upset her with blazing heat and high humidity, if that is not what she is used to.
Does that make sense?
Will post pics of enclosure later, as well as current light and heat setup.
We have her in a temporary 4' x 2'x 2' closed chamber now, and are trying to get lights, heat and humidity correct.
I know this is not nearly big enough, but it is what we have for right now. This was not a planned purchase/acquisition, more of a rescue, and we are doing the best we can. In my opinion, pretty much anything is better than where she was.
What should we aim for as 4 temperature points? (hide, basking, cool, ambient)
Should we keep high humidity?
She was definitely dehydrated, and in the 2 weeks since we have had her, she has passed urate- heavy discharges, as well as healthy solid waste and dark yellow urine.
We have been doing daily soaks, and she loves to just sit in water dish inside enclosure. Appears to drink heavily while soaking.
Her appetite has been insatiable, we have been going on a mix of grape leaves, red kale, savoy cabbage, romaine, swiss chard, mazuri, Zoomed grassland and Tortoise Supply herbal hay. She also destroyed and ate the 2 jade plants we put in her enclosure. We have testudo seed mix on order, and are sprouting grass to mix in to diet.
We just don't want to shock or upset her with blazing heat and high humidity, if that is not what she is used to.
Does that make sense?
Will post pics of enclosure later, as well as current light and heat setup.