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I’m assuming spring is mating season for tortoises then?

My male eastern hermann’s tortoise named Hulu has recently started humping this new rock I put into his enclosure. He’s about 2 and half years old (possibly a little older), so I guess he’s finally reaching the age of sexual maturity. I understand that this is natural behavior for him, but I’m...

His humidity is fine, I just didn’t mist the enclosure before I took the picture

Yeah he does he has a t5 reptisun bulb

Good to know, thank u

Oh he has a basking bulb that’s pointed straight downward on one corner of the enclosure, I just didn’t get that in the photo sorry. The lamp in the photo is his ceramic heat emitter

I recently built my 2 and half year old tortoise Hulu a new enclosure a week ago. It’s 5ft long and 3.5 ft wide. Is this big enough for a tortoise his age? He’s been scratching the walls way less than he did before but he’s still pacing around and trying to climb out and ignoring his food but I...

3 days ago I increased my 2 and half year old Hermann’s tortoise’s enclosure to 5 ft long and 3 and half wide. Because he is a picky eater I’ve decided to give him some tough love and just give him some new foods I know he won’t like so that he’ll become less picky. I’ve just been feeding him...

Can I use fake plants? I wanted to use a spider plant but I would die eventually and I want something more long lasting

Got it, thank u

Hi! I just built my tortoise a new enclosure yesterday and he’s pacing around, stratching at the walls and barely eating. I’m assuming he’s just stressed because he’s in a new environment but I would like some advice just to be sure. He’s never had a strip uvb light before because I have been...

This is a 4ft long 3ft wide bookshelf that I turned into an enclosure for my yearling eastern hermann’s tortoise Hulu. I finally got rid of my mercury vapor bulb and switched to an acardia 75 watt flood bulb and a t5 ho reptisun uvb strip bulb hanging 20 inches in the air. He also has a clamp...

From the research I’ve done the common distance I found was between 15 and 24 so I might do 20 just to be safe until I can get a solar meter

How high should my t5 10.0 high output uvb bulb be for my eastern hermann’s tortoise? I’m assuming like 15 inches or higher since I’m using a reflector but I’m not exactly sure on the specific height it should be around. It’s an open top enclosure with no screen.

Ohh ok that makes sense, thank u