I just noticed small specks in the water dish for the past couple days and saw crawling little specks in food dish last night. I am due to change substrate. Any idea what they are so I can figure out next steps to treat/prevent. I am currently using reptibark for substrate and changing every 2-3...
Thank you all for all the helpful info! I ran around like a maniac today and have a 75 watt basking floodlight I’m trying out (65 watt watt wasn’t enough) and the Arcadia Pro T5 UVB kit. We will be changing out the substrate to the Repti-bark and I picked up some eye drops. I don’t know if I’m...
It is 18 inches above. Do I just need a smaller wattage? The temp directly under it in basking spot is 95 degrees. I do not have a uv meter so I will need to get one. I was looking at the recommended substrates and I think I will switch to the reptibark.
I am using Critter Country substrate (which from what I read is not good) and Powersun 160 Watt UV/UVB bulb in deep dome lamp (which might not be good) and she is currently in 40 gallon tank (also bad not that I have read more about their care). I don’t think I can immediately get a tortoise...
I am a new Russian tortoise grandparent (this is my 12yo son’s pet so I am heavily assisting with care). It seems like some of the recommendations we got from the reptile shop have been off base in terms of enclosure/substrate etc. We bought Samantha Gamera on October 8th and she is about 4-5...