I just aquired a tortoise from a friend who was unable to properly care for hers as i couldnt stand seeing the poor thing being kept in a little box and unattended for such long periods of time. With university exams here i havent been able to spend the time needed to research the best care or to even 100% identify what species it is as my friend wasnt certain but she thought she was told it was a greek when she bought it. It is about 1 1/4 year to a year and a half old.
The pet store in town was fairly useless as they did not know what substrate i should be using. I could buy soft coco husk but i hear that can get stuck in their nose, so i went with a douglas fir bark and about 3 inches of soil as they suggested. Is this okay? I also have damp New Zealand sphagnum moss under the hut as a cooler place for it to bed down in if needed.
I live in a basement so at nights the tank ususally drops to 65 and during the day with the lamps on it ranges from 72 on the cool side with 85 humidity to about 102 and 7% humidity on the basking rock. the soil was wet when i put it in so im guessing the humidity will drop with time. Im also using a uvb light of 10%. Is this sufficient or do i need to tinker with it?
Lastly is diet. My friend gave me the rep cal tortoise food as shown in the picture but i read that the 19-19 protein fibre mix is to high in protein so i bought the natural grassland tortoise food with a 9-26% ratio but it doesnt seem to want to eat that.
Any answers to these questions is greatly appreciated as im fairly new to all this but want to provide the best care as possible.
The pet store in town was fairly useless as they did not know what substrate i should be using. I could buy soft coco husk but i hear that can get stuck in their nose, so i went with a douglas fir bark and about 3 inches of soil as they suggested. Is this okay? I also have damp New Zealand sphagnum moss under the hut as a cooler place for it to bed down in if needed.
I live in a basement so at nights the tank ususally drops to 65 and during the day with the lamps on it ranges from 72 on the cool side with 85 humidity to about 102 and 7% humidity on the basking rock. the soil was wet when i put it in so im guessing the humidity will drop with time. Im also using a uvb light of 10%. Is this sufficient or do i need to tinker with it?
Lastly is diet. My friend gave me the rep cal tortoise food as shown in the picture but i read that the 19-19 protein fibre mix is to high in protein so i bought the natural grassland tortoise food with a 9-26% ratio but it doesnt seem to want to eat that.
Any answers to these questions is greatly appreciated as im fairly new to all this but want to provide the best care as possible.
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