Meg90 said:More pics ? Did you build the table yourself? Its beautiful!
emysemys said:The baby is very cute and the habitat is really nice. I see two things I'd like to address. Straight sand as a substrate is asking for trouble. You should mix in the same amount of either clean dirt or coconut coir. Then the lights seem to be too high. Do they provide enough heat at ground level? I'm sure Tobee is a welcome addition to your family. thanks for sharing!
Yvonne
tortoisenerd said:I absolutely love that table--your brother in law must know what he's doing if it only took 2 hours! Congrats on the new tort. Your first?
Yes, you should use the laser to see what the temperature is at substrate level. You want to adjust at least a few degrees too as the top of the tort's shell is higher than substrate level. The basking temperature you'd find on a care sheet (not sure about Leopards) is directly under the bulb, so it'll be cooler at a larger radius. That's good he is thermoregulating and seems to like the temperatures.
If the 100 watt basking bulb is a Mercury Vapor Bulb (MVB) as I assume it is as you don't have a tube UVB, the face should be parallel to the substrate for the bulb life and to radiate the rays better (it can also shine in the tort's eyes, which bothers some). If your clamp fixtures don't allow that, they sell lamp stands which provide a stable base which to clamp the light.
Great job though! Glad to hear you will switch out that substrate. You have a real cutie there. Want to share more pictures of the inside of the table once you have it all set up? Looks like you have a handy tray system going...I kinda wish I did that with my table.
Tobees substrate is being change out today with sand/coir. I will make sure it is deep enough. The substrate was temporary because we still had to do a couple things to the enclosure and I didn't want to make too big of a mess. That's why he's in the pan, to keep the substrate contained.Crazy1 said:Not much I can add to what Yvonne and Kate have stated. Except to say it looks as if your substrate is shallow. You might want to make sure it is deep enough for your tort to burrow into. And I wanted to say Tobee has a lovely patterned shell.
smoke_kush said:you have a very beautiful table. i your tortoise! he is cute! what species?
Trickyrat said:smoke_kush said:you have a very beautiful table. i your tortoise! he is cute! what species?
I believe Pardalis Babcocki.