Its name is Rabbit!
My fiance and I are the new owners. We live in North Central Florida. We are very fortunate to have come across this forum for information!
We bought our tortoise from a local reptile store for $159 this past weekend. Not sure of his age or sex. We built a large indoor habitat for him. The first day in his new habitat he was very active and was really moving around. He seemed excited with his new surroundings. After his initial "FEAST" of tomato, banana, and romaine he became very sluggish and has remained so the past 24 hours. He came out of his hide-box today by coaxing him with a banana, took a nibble on his mazuri diet and then for his daily soak. He has been active for a brief period following his soak but not nearly as much as yesterday. His soak several hours after the "FEAST" yesterday resulted in a large discharge or the white toothpaste, today his discharge was minimal. There are pictures below w/commentary, I have several questions.
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Here's Rabbit at the store! Pyramiding?
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Here he is feasting with us for the first time! We tried to use toothpaste to get the marker off his shell, any suggestions?
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Here was his habitat the first day. We changed it a little since the photo below as he burrowed a little area all the way down to the plywood in the upper right corner. So after this picture we added a hide box to that upper corner. His "spot".
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Here is several photos of his altered habitat today. He spent most of his day in the box in the corner. We pushed a lot repti-bark into the box for him to burrow/hide since that area seems to be his favorite.
Menace(cat) watching Rabbit. Menace is very friendly with him, the tortoise doesn't seem to mind the company the past two days either. We have watched very carefully.
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Here is all of the supplies used in his tank. Please advise if any of this is incorrect or needs alteration.
ZooMed Repti Bark 100% pure fir bark (substrate)
ExoTerra/ReptiGlo 5.0 UVB (bulb)
ZooMed Repti Basking Spot Lamp 75w (bulb)
ZooMed combo deep dome lamp fixture (Holds bulbs)
Mazuri Diet (pellets)
T-Rex/Repashy Superfoods Tortoise supplement Salad Topper
We have lots of fresh fruits/veggies as well are all of these ok?
banana, tomato, romaine lettuce, mango, carrot, seedless grapes, cantaloupe, kiwi
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There are lots of photos, thankyou if you have made it this far!
His temperature in his habitat is 98 in basking area, 75 on opposite side of habitat and there is a temp range within his corner hidebox. We cycle the lightbulbs 12on/12off. Our home temperature is 75, by morning this is the temperature of his habitat, should this be a concern?
God bless
My fiance and I are the new owners. We live in North Central Florida. We are very fortunate to have come across this forum for information!
We bought our tortoise from a local reptile store for $159 this past weekend. Not sure of his age or sex. We built a large indoor habitat for him. The first day in his new habitat he was very active and was really moving around. He seemed excited with his new surroundings. After his initial "FEAST" of tomato, banana, and romaine he became very sluggish and has remained so the past 24 hours. He came out of his hide-box today by coaxing him with a banana, took a nibble on his mazuri diet and then for his daily soak. He has been active for a brief period following his soak but not nearly as much as yesterday. His soak several hours after the "FEAST" yesterday resulted in a large discharge or the white toothpaste, today his discharge was minimal. There are pictures below w/commentary, I have several questions.
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Here's Rabbit at the store! Pyramiding?
....
Here he is feasting with us for the first time! We tried to use toothpaste to get the marker off his shell, any suggestions?
....
Here was his habitat the first day. We changed it a little since the photo below as he burrowed a little area all the way down to the plywood in the upper right corner. So after this picture we added a hide box to that upper corner. His "spot".
....
Here is several photos of his altered habitat today. He spent most of his day in the box in the corner. We pushed a lot repti-bark into the box for him to burrow/hide since that area seems to be his favorite.
Menace(cat) watching Rabbit. Menace is very friendly with him, the tortoise doesn't seem to mind the company the past two days either. We have watched very carefully.
....
Here is all of the supplies used in his tank. Please advise if any of this is incorrect or needs alteration.
ZooMed Repti Bark 100% pure fir bark (substrate)
ExoTerra/ReptiGlo 5.0 UVB (bulb)
ZooMed Repti Basking Spot Lamp 75w (bulb)
ZooMed combo deep dome lamp fixture (Holds bulbs)
Mazuri Diet (pellets)
T-Rex/Repashy Superfoods Tortoise supplement Salad Topper
We have lots of fresh fruits/veggies as well are all of these ok?
banana, tomato, romaine lettuce, mango, carrot, seedless grapes, cantaloupe, kiwi
...
There are lots of photos, thankyou if you have made it this far!
His temperature in his habitat is 98 in basking area, 75 on opposite side of habitat and there is a temp range within his corner hidebox. We cycle the lightbulbs 12on/12off. Our home temperature is 75, by morning this is the temperature of his habitat, should this be a concern?
God bless