Hi there i have had my sulcata for about a year now I've been keeping him (i hope its a him) In a 4ft vivarium with coco coir as substrate the humidity in the vivarium is always between 60-80% he has a hide box where i keep his substrate very damp in there. I have a heating bulb and a basking bulb keeping the temperatures at 29-30c and underneath his heat it gets to around 40-42 ( i have currently turned his basking bulb off because it gets to that temperature under his ceramic) His cool end sits around 24-26c he has a huge water bowl on one side (nice and safe not deep) He has a UV light also that cycles in a 12 hour period.
I feed him a mixture of grass and weeds about 75% grass 25% weeds usually once a day (a big handful) skipping a day here and there ( fell like I'm overfeeding him) I supplement this with nutrabol once to twice a week.
my questions are.
1. How often should i be feeding him. hes about 5inches from top to bottom. should i cut down to once every 2 days? what amount should i be feeding him when i do?
2. When i got him he was already abit pyramid like. small bumps but symmetrical not a bad case. he's shell always seems to be dry like white lines around hes bumps even tho i soak him for 20-30 mins once sometimes twice a day 5 mins after he's out he looks dried out again ( this is why i have turned the basking bulb off. i was thinking its just drying him out more and the ceramic gets to the right temperature underneath) i really wanna get he's shell nice and flat. i don't want to think he's suffering or not growing properly but could the damage have already been done? ile include a pic of what he looks like now! I have been following all the humidity techniques since i had him and he's shell hasn't seemed to improve. any help will be much appreciated.
I feed him a mixture of grass and weeds about 75% grass 25% weeds usually once a day (a big handful) skipping a day here and there ( fell like I'm overfeeding him) I supplement this with nutrabol once to twice a week.
my questions are.
1. How often should i be feeding him. hes about 5inches from top to bottom. should i cut down to once every 2 days? what amount should i be feeding him when i do?
2. When i got him he was already abit pyramid like. small bumps but symmetrical not a bad case. he's shell always seems to be dry like white lines around hes bumps even tho i soak him for 20-30 mins once sometimes twice a day 5 mins after he's out he looks dried out again ( this is why i have turned the basking bulb off. i was thinking its just drying him out more and the ceramic gets to the right temperature underneath) i really wanna get he's shell nice and flat. i don't want to think he's suffering or not growing properly but could the damage have already been done? ile include a pic of what he looks like now! I have been following all the humidity techniques since i had him and he's shell hasn't seemed to improve. any help will be much appreciated.