I unfortunately do not have a garden I was growing weeds over the warmer months but now the temps here have dropped I have ran out of weeds I do not currently have any dry foods but I'm looking for any good recommendations on dry foods/pellets that will be good in the short term while I'm unable...
Hi I'm going to be housebound for atleast 2 weeks soon and will be unable to buy store bought food or fresh weeds for my baby Russian tort I'm unsure how to approach feeding what foods to try and what would be best for 2 weeks to a month I live in the UK and would like some recommendations please
Is this rapashy food suitable food for a Russian tort currently looking at different options to keep a varied diet I live in a flat with no garden and can only grow minimal plants to feed sparingly majority of diet is supermarket leafys with the occasional weeds 2/3 times a week mostly dandilion...
Thanks for suggestions I had some spare dc fix lying around so decided to give it a try looks abit unsightly but I'm sure they do a brown wood grain style so will keep an eye out for that this will hopefully do for now. I also moved the glass to the inside rail so it doesn't pool up on the outer...
Hi I know humidity for a baby russian is important and so have been keeping my vivarium nice and humid but I'm having issues controlling it of course with heat and water you get condensation the condensation gathers on the glass and runs down making the wood/chipboard Swell and eventually rot...
Thanks I'm hoping it is just down to the winter time. Being a new keeper I just wanted to double check it was somewhat normal behaviour I have read online that baby's can sleep 19 to 22 hours a day so that gave me at least some reassurance.
Warm side reaches around 28°c to 29°c. Cool side around 24°c. Basking I aim for 36/37°c. Night time reaches as low as 18°c I use a che at night to keep temps no lower uv on for 5 hours a day from 12pm I have an led light to brighten in the day uv is an arcadia 12% around 40cms from substrate...
I've had my baby russian now for about 3 months and I'm a little worried about her health she never comes out of her hide I have to wake her up for her daily bath I've not seen her poo or pee ever. After her bath I put her near her basking spot she normally crawls into it to warm up she basks...
My heat bulb is on a timer and a dimming thermostat for 12 hours a day the dimmer maintains the temp so that my 150w bulb doesn't cook her uv is on a separate timer for 5 hours a day and my Che only kicks on when temps get below 20°c of a night it pulses to keep the ambient night temps I don't...
I have my heat bulb on a dimming thermostat and my Che on a pulse thermostat the Che faces towards the cool side where she sleeps I will be changing the uv bulb ASAP too. If forgot to mention after her short bath today and a warm up I caught her eating abit of the Coco coir fiber so I put a...
Thanks for all the info. how do I increase daytime ambient temps without cooking the basking spot it's winter here so my Che is used of a night to prevent my temps dropping too low
This morning when she was having her daily bath she was making these noises like a croaking hissing and a loud squeeky sound I cut her bath short and put her near the heat lamp and the noises stopped is this normal?
It's around 35cm from the substrate it's on 5 hours from 12pm I'm going to dig out some old plant pots and some other decorations tomorrow and maybe get a small spider plant an add a cactus or 2 I've also got one of those stick bridges you linked from a previous hamster cage I can add hopefully...