Stevie check

[Jiriza92]

Hi all!


We are tortoise newbies! This is Stevie, we got him December 2020.

Food: (we vary his food) romaine, butter lettuce, radicchio, flower food topper (rarely), tortoise pellets (rarely), repticalcium with D3 lightly dusted every day to every other day
Substrate: zoo med cypress mulch
Lights: zoomed repti sun 10 uvb 26 watt and 100w ceramic heat emitter

We keep his humidity around 50-60%
Temp from 85-100 f

He currently weighs 43g

We soak him every day to every other day. He has been pooping and urinating fine.

I wanted to post some pictures to ask others for their opinions and see if Stevie looks "healthy"

The white stuff around his face is the calcium powder


Thanks!

 

[wellington]

Looks good so far. Those puck like temp and humidity gauges are junk and not reliable.
Cut back on the calcium to 2 or 3 time a week not daily. Too much is as bad as too little.
A better humidity gauge might say the humidity is too low as it's hard to keep that high a humidity in an open enclosure.

 

[Lyn W]

Is he a hermanns tort?

 

[Jiriza92]

Is he a hermanns tort?

Ah, yes! I definitely should've mentioned that in the post! I forgot if he is a western or eastern ?

 

[Lyn W]

Ah, yes! I definitely should've mentioned that in the post! I forgot if he is a western or eastern ?

He is beautiful whichever he is.
Here is the most up to date care sheet which will help you keep him happy and healthy

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

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Ask as many questions as you like someone will soon get back to you.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You have a suitable UVB light it seems.
It is a tube and not a screw in bulb?
Do not use the calcium with D3 more than once every week or two.
With the correct UVB and a good diet, most of your D3 will be processed naturally.
(Too much D3 will cause issues)

 

[Jiriza92]

You have a suitable UVB light it seems.
It is a tube and not a screw in bulb?
Do not use the calcium with D3 more than once every week or two.
With the correct UVB and a good diet, most of your D3 will be processed naturally.
(Too much D3 will cause issues)

It is a tube bulb

 

[Jiriza92]

He is beautiful whichever he is.
Here is the most up to date care sheet which will help you keep him happy and healthy

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...

tortoiseforum.org

Ask as many questions as you like someone will soon get back to you.

Thank you so much!