Hello, I'm new to the forum but also new to keeping tortoises. I have been given a 6 month old Hermann tortoise called Rocky and am a little paranoid I'm doing things wrong! I just want to make everything perfect.
So far... he has a heat lamp which currently provides uva rays at around 30 •c (I am getting him a uvb lamp as soon as Christmas is over as nowhere is open!) I keep he lamp on for 10-12 hours.
At night the light goes off and as far as I'm aware the temp drops to 15•c minimum. Is this too cold?
The rest of the enclosure stays at a constant 20•c.
He has a shallow food dish and water dish and I'm using topsoil substrate. It's around 3" deep.
He has a house but so far in the 6 days I've had him he hasn't even been in it!
As for food I'm trying to keep it plant based, so far he has had dandelion, some lambs lettuce, and geranium. I've been sprinkling it with nutrobol each day. Is this right?
How much food should he be getting each day as I was told little but he always seem really hungry!
Rocky is a very active tortoise he seems he is constantly walking around, basks a little after eating and just before bed but climbs and walks all the time. Is this normal?
Rocky has been having a bath everyday so far which he seems to enjoy however so far I haven't seen him wee or poo? It's kind of hard to see in the soil.
I spray his enclosure twice a day but unsure whether this is enough, I'm worried about him getting cold at night in a damp enclosure.
Just trying to get everything right am a little worried about pyramiding ...There is lots to know!
So far... he has a heat lamp which currently provides uva rays at around 30 •c (I am getting him a uvb lamp as soon as Christmas is over as nowhere is open!) I keep he lamp on for 10-12 hours.
At night the light goes off and as far as I'm aware the temp drops to 15•c minimum. Is this too cold?
The rest of the enclosure stays at a constant 20•c.
He has a shallow food dish and water dish and I'm using topsoil substrate. It's around 3" deep.
He has a house but so far in the 6 days I've had him he hasn't even been in it!
As for food I'm trying to keep it plant based, so far he has had dandelion, some lambs lettuce, and geranium. I've been sprinkling it with nutrobol each day. Is this right?
How much food should he be getting each day as I was told little but he always seem really hungry!
Rocky is a very active tortoise he seems he is constantly walking around, basks a little after eating and just before bed but climbs and walks all the time. Is this normal?
Rocky has been having a bath everyday so far which he seems to enjoy however so far I haven't seen him wee or poo? It's kind of hard to see in the soil.
I spray his enclosure twice a day but unsure whether this is enough, I'm worried about him getting cold at night in a damp enclosure.
Just trying to get everything right am a little worried about pyramiding ...There is lots to know!
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