Hi all,
My name is Dan, I live in Scotland. Over the past week I have custom built a tortoise table for my new (approx 1year old - 10cm shell length) leopard which I named Yoda.
As a newbie with regards to tortoise, I would greatly appreciate and advice I may receive from you tortoise lovers out there. Thank you all in advance
I took Yoda home today after seeing him at the reptile store over the past couple of weeks. He was very active at the store eating nonstop and didn't mind being touched what so ever; however he has not been doing much at all in his new indoor enclosure I built. (Pictures attached). He has not eaten at all today and seems to be very vigilant.
When it took him home I first bathed him/her for 5 minutes or so to clean his poop off his shell since he pooped ALOT while in his transport box.
The basking lamp I am using is a Arcadia 100w uva+uva D3 bulb. The basking spot temp is around 34C. Im using a tortoise substrate composition and also aspen for his indoor hide out. I have also installed a heat mat inside the hideout area which has an average temp of around 24C at night.
I will attached some pictures to this post IF I FIGURE OUT HOW TO =D
It would be great if I could get some advice with regards to how long will it take before Yoda settles in as he moved about 1meter in total this whole day!
Thank you and looking forwards to hearing from you all.
Dan.
My name is Dan, I live in Scotland. Over the past week I have custom built a tortoise table for my new (approx 1year old - 10cm shell length) leopard which I named Yoda.
As a newbie with regards to tortoise, I would greatly appreciate and advice I may receive from you tortoise lovers out there. Thank you all in advance
I took Yoda home today after seeing him at the reptile store over the past couple of weeks. He was very active at the store eating nonstop and didn't mind being touched what so ever; however he has not been doing much at all in his new indoor enclosure I built. (Pictures attached). He has not eaten at all today and seems to be very vigilant.
When it took him home I first bathed him/her for 5 minutes or so to clean his poop off his shell since he pooped ALOT while in his transport box.
The basking lamp I am using is a Arcadia 100w uva+uva D3 bulb. The basking spot temp is around 34C. Im using a tortoise substrate composition and also aspen for his indoor hide out. I have also installed a heat mat inside the hideout area which has an average temp of around 24C at night.
I will attached some pictures to this post IF I FIGURE OUT HOW TO =D
It would be great if I could get some advice with regards to how long will it take before Yoda settles in as he moved about 1meter in total this whole day!
Thank you and looking forwards to hearing from you all.
Dan.