i have a baby sulcata tortoise. I received him in October at a exotic pet show. I’ve done some research on this forum to get the environment correct but I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing still. My substrate is coco coir. I have a 10.0 uvb bulb which is 18 inches long. I have a 150 watt bulb for the basking side and since it’s been so cold this winter here in Illinois I’ve been recently using a small heating pad on the opposite side and a 100 heat emmiter. Which at night the heating pad and heat emmiter stay on and the basking light goes off. The diet right now is endive, spring mix , dandelion and sometimes red chard. I’m working on getting him to eat grass but he’s so picky. He gets soaked every other day in warm water. He’s very active and is always hungry. I put calcium powder on his food a few times a week. And last but not least I have a cool mist humidifier that I have a tube going into the tank with which keeps the humidity level at about 80%. I’m at the vet right now because my baby sulcata recently starting swelling in his neck and back legs. They wanna take blood to see if it’s an infection but there saying his shell is really soft and want to give him a calcium and vitamin A injection. The vet also told me that he should have a 15%-20% humidy level in his cage because he is a desert tortoise. But it says everywhere to keep the humidity high?? I’m so confused. And I am at a reptile vet right now that has very good ratings. The only other reptile vet around me has horrible ratings.