Sanch84
New Member
Hi All,
Recently I'd posted about my baby tort, he was unhappy with his enclosure. We just bought him a bigger one with lots of substrate so he can dig very deep and waking space. The problem is he has become very active and it's winter! we have not seen him this active even in summer. I'm trying to get him to stay in his enclosure but he wants out at least 4 times a day (this was in his old enclosure) & when we are at work, he must be getting super stressed.
I was told by the vet to lower his temperature in the enclosure. So at night I don't put the central heating on and let it drop to about 15 C & was told not to make his basking light too hot, It can get up to 27C.
So is this right? we are moving him into his new enclosure today and we want to make sure he is happy in his new house and will stay in there with comfort and still be warm enough. I'm so anxious about moving him into the new one, hoping he will like it, but I'm not sure if I'm doing things right.
Sancho has had a recent vet check, his weight and size is perfectly fine, he eats well ad drinks water. So apart from that I think it was just his enclosure being too small. But I'm worried I'm not setting the temp right.
Would like some advice on how to know about the basking light temp and how cool his bedroom should be at this time of the year, since we will not hibernate him just yet & how to keep him in his enclosure.
Thanks
Recently I'd posted about my baby tort, he was unhappy with his enclosure. We just bought him a bigger one with lots of substrate so he can dig very deep and waking space. The problem is he has become very active and it's winter! we have not seen him this active even in summer. I'm trying to get him to stay in his enclosure but he wants out at least 4 times a day (this was in his old enclosure) & when we are at work, he must be getting super stressed.
I was told by the vet to lower his temperature in the enclosure. So at night I don't put the central heating on and let it drop to about 15 C & was told not to make his basking light too hot, It can get up to 27C.
So is this right? we are moving him into his new enclosure today and we want to make sure he is happy in his new house and will stay in there with comfort and still be warm enough. I'm so anxious about moving him into the new one, hoping he will like it, but I'm not sure if I'm doing things right.
Sancho has had a recent vet check, his weight and size is perfectly fine, he eats well ad drinks water. So apart from that I think it was just his enclosure being too small. But I'm worried I'm not setting the temp right.
Would like some advice on how to know about the basking light temp and how cool his bedroom should be at this time of the year, since we will not hibernate him just yet & how to keep him in his enclosure.
Thanks
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