yes, the basking temp directly under the lamp is around 36'c (96-97'F), and the chamber temps is 30'c (around 85'F). The lamps were on all the time, so the temperature was stable. The soaking water is also always warm, so not really sure what went wrong...
When we increase the chamber's temperature, he sits and sleeps in his water. We suspect it was too hot that he needed to cool off to the water saucer, so we turned down the temps back to normal, and he went back to his cave.
Hi! We noticed these past couple of weeks my sulcata hatchling (3 months old) has a bubbly nose. This only happens in the morning, every time we wake him up for soaking and basking. He's also making a sound sometime, even though we are a bit unsure whether it's a breathing sound or he is just...
We do plan to wait a couple of months until we are really familiar and confident with tortoise care before adopting another one. In the meantime, we've been searching for other species' care and calculating the cost. We are thinking red foot this time because the climate and humidity are...
What a cutie! He/she looks happy; look at those big eyes! My husband had been wanting to have sulcata for years before I finally gave in. But boy, I never thought I would love his little face that much, haha. I've been considering red foot because I live in a hot-humid-tropical climate, with...
Such a big personality inside such a tiny body 🤣 I actually bought him for my husband as he has been wanting to get one for years. But I never thought he would be THAT cute. He turned me into a big fan of tortoises, and now we are considering purchasing our second tortoise (they are going to be...
the basking area directly under the bulb is 26-37, the surrounding area near the basking is 33'. I put his hiding cave in a slightly colder area, 29-30'.
Thank you for assuring the ducks have nothing to do with it 🤣 We're considering moving the sulcata to another room so that he can have a good...
the weird thing is that I just got home yesterday night, so today morning I am the one who soak and feed him, and once I put him back to his enclosure, he goes straight back to his cave, just like usual 😅 Really not sure what happened, or what my husband did that keep him in his toes 🤣
I just...
I also been thinking that it might be caused by temperature. I left town for a couple of days, so he has been in my husband's care these past couple of days. He's a great animal keeper. We've been trying to figure out what he has done differently than I did.
Another thing is that now I live...
Hi all! 3 days ago, I just moved out to a new house, and bring my 3-month-old sulcata and his closed chamber with me. However, while the closed chamber humidity and temperature stay the same, I notice he becomes WAY more alert and active. Previously, after I gave him his morning soak, and fed...