My tortoise is a year old and about 6 inches by measuring the carapace. Unfortunately, because of the structure I’m unable to lower the bulb. Figure I could use the 100 watt mvb during the winter time ? I don’t have a meter to measure uvb but it should be ok right ? Considering they will be...
Hello everyone, I currently have a sulcata tortoise setup in a 40 gallon tank and just installed a fogger to control humidity levels. The humidity has improved a lot, so much that now I feel that temperatures have dropped a bit. My warm side is at about 88 degrees and my cool side at about 80...
That's pretty cool man. Looks like you have everything dialed in. Your filtration system must be intricate. Any future posts coming up regarding your filtration setup ?
Hey thanks for the reply.
I have thought about digging a small reinforced bunker with access on top about a foot deep only to give them a cooler area to hide. Also adding a couple sprinklers in order to mist the area both for the tortoises and the grass. It might be possible to make it happen...
Thank you for the reply !
My little guys aren't 12 inches. The are definitely smaller than that. Even with protection and a night heated box ? You wouldn't advise it ?
Well maybe I can use the shelter during the day instead and bring them in at night .
Thank you !
Hello everyone,
I currently have two 1 year old sulcata s. I recently moved to Palmdale, CA. Now that I have a decent sized back yard I want to have a small pen for them so that they can enjoy natural sunlight and natural growing grasses and weeds. I've browsed through a lot of posts and seen...
Thank you for writing this. So sorry for your loss, dont beat yourself up. You did everything you could to play it safe and you gave your tortoise a wonderful life. Hes in a better place now.
Major respect.
Beautful Animals !