Just wanted to say thank you again, the LEDs arrive yesterday and I fitted them today with also doing 9-2 UVB - and hes been much more energetic so think it also works for him so there's no chance of overheating!
Perfect thank you ive ordered some strip lights and will do the 9-2 uvb light!
His temps do drop much lower over night and he has his cool hide, when i touch his shell hes never extremely hot - point of overheating hes always a nice warm temperature!
Thank you for this!
What type of leds are recommended? I know it has to be 6500k but wasnt sure if strip lights would be ok.
Ive got an almost 2 year old greek spur thighed
Hes currently got 4 vents, 2 of which the covers have been taken off. His basking spot is around 20cm high roughly, weve tried a lower wattage bulb but find he doesnt gave a "satisfying" bask
So we're having a heatwave in the UK at the moment, and noticed my lil guys viv has a lot higher temps (not above 35, but the gradient between cool and warm is a lot shorter) he DOES have a cool hide which measure around 28degrees Celsius and he himself doesnt seem to be over heating.
What ive...
Thats what im thinking! Ive made sure its the right consistency before putting it in and everything and the stringy bits are just so apparent, we do have orchid bark chips too which weve put mainly around his food/water bowls so accidental ingestion doesnt happen!
I dont have a link unfortunately!
But its the swell reptiles coir soil & we have used habistat coco coir brick
We've tried different brands but weve noticed they have had those pieces in and obviously we dong want to risk harm to our still young tortoise 🐢 especially with going through a new...
I was actually thinking of doing this myself as he has his food bowl kind of central in his viv so was thinking of having either sides coco then a good amount of the centre be orchid bark, hes really good when knowing not to eat "dirty" food as such
So ive been using coco coir for a little while inside my torts viv, however im worried about the stringy bits that are inside.
Is it necessary to get rid of them - or will keeping them in the coco not impact my tort at all? Its only because he runs throufg his food makes it as dirty as...
He truly is lucky and spoilt 😅 hes been to the vets to be dewormed and even she said hes in great condition and super healthy- but also extremely sociable 🤣🐢
I might try DIY for an outdoors enclosure - with his being watched as i feel like that'll be the best option as he will get the natural...
Ahh thank you so much for all of this! Ill definitely look into my options but was thinking a vivarium would be best with how cold the temps can get in UK winter as you said! I might try and get the biggest i can for now which might be around 10ft which should hopefully last him a looooong time...
Hello,
So for context before the questions - I have a 1year and 8month old Greek Spur-Thighed tortoise - Male. Hes currently in a 4ftx2x2 Vivarium
His temps: Middle 27-29c Warm 32-35c Cool usually 24-27 (been having issues with keeping the cool side cool) BUT he does have a cool hide which he...