euryhogs
New Member
Hi Guys,
We are new to the world of torts, and have learnt a lot in a short amount of time. I apologise if these have already been asked, but i couldn't easily find if they had been...
So far we have had our little shelled one for just over a week and already determined that the shop just cared about a sale and everything they told us was not entirely true. Since then s/he has had his light changed to a vertical dropping one (as opposed to a side clamp and has changing his temp from 40C to a much better 32/33C) and has also been changed to top soil, which he has been lovingly charging around for the last two days.
I have also been trawling through TTT and made sure that he has fully safe food, which he has either taken to inhaling with all his might, or ignoring entirely. I assume that he will eat when he is hungry and not otherwise
My main question is that since he has gone over to soil, he make his water filthy and we are worried about him having water that he has pee'd, poo'd and top-soiled in. As such we have changed the water four times today so far, are we being too protective or should we change it as often as this?
We were also given some BSP drops for his water but think that this may be too much, especially given his nutrobal as well. Would this be accurate?
Also, we have seen some talk of people drying out weeds for consumption later, especially for over-winter, is this true or did i have a weird dream of drying plants out? Would this (LINK) be ok for him as well?
(http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tortoise-...-FOOD-grass-/361580666122?hash=item542fe31d0a)
Just to clarify, he is 8 months old, his temps and humidity are within range and he is a hermann's.
We are new to the world of torts, and have learnt a lot in a short amount of time. I apologise if these have already been asked, but i couldn't easily find if they had been...
So far we have had our little shelled one for just over a week and already determined that the shop just cared about a sale and everything they told us was not entirely true. Since then s/he has had his light changed to a vertical dropping one (as opposed to a side clamp and has changing his temp from 40C to a much better 32/33C) and has also been changed to top soil, which he has been lovingly charging around for the last two days.
I have also been trawling through TTT and made sure that he has fully safe food, which he has either taken to inhaling with all his might, or ignoring entirely. I assume that he will eat when he is hungry and not otherwise
My main question is that since he has gone over to soil, he make his water filthy and we are worried about him having water that he has pee'd, poo'd and top-soiled in. As such we have changed the water four times today so far, are we being too protective or should we change it as often as this?
We were also given some BSP drops for his water but think that this may be too much, especially given his nutrobal as well. Would this be accurate?
Also, we have seen some talk of people drying out weeds for consumption later, especially for over-winter, is this true or did i have a weird dream of drying plants out? Would this (LINK) be ok for him as well?
(http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tortoise-...-FOOD-grass-/361580666122?hash=item542fe31d0a)
Just to clarify, he is 8 months old, his temps and humidity are within range and he is a hermann's.