He definitely hasn’t eaten them so far but he also doesn’t walk around the cage yet. Lol. We give him leafy greens daily after his soak and he eats those. We aren’t too concerned about the pellets. We just gave them to him because his previous home gave them to him.
That’s where I’m hoping to get him, where he just burrows at night and is more active during the day. We are attaching his new lights now. What is the proper height for the UVA/UVB bulb? Is it 12 inches? Or can it be higher?
Thank you for being so helpful! We are making the changes ASAP! So I’m guessing we shouldn’t remove the substrate so he won’t burrow? We just need to make the changes that will encourage him not to?
Hi! I am a new tort owner. Tomorrow will be a week that we’ve had him. He is a Russian and he’s 7 years old. We have him indoors in a large homemade enclosure (6’ by 2 1/2’). We have Cyprus mulch and coconut fiber substrate mixed in. There’s enough bedding to fully bury himself. He has...