Do you think humidity of 70% and up for most of the day with coconut coir is fine for Egyptian babies? I worry about all the advice about how they need to be in a dry environment to avoid respiratory illness. I don’t want the baby to get sick, but I also don’t want it to grow up too dry...
I keep seeing references to Egyptians being more “sensitive” than other Testudos, but not a lot of explanation about what that means, which is frustrating. Does it mean they need warmer nights to not get sick? Or is 70s fine like other Testudos? Ultimately it will probably just require...
I don’t have the tortoise or enclosure yet. It will be a solid top PVC enclosure to keep in the heat and humidity, and the tortoise will probably be 2 or 3 months old. I believe I’ve also seen 80F and 80% humidity recommended for babies, so will probably target that.
What daytime and nighttime warm and cool temperatures are recommended for Egyptian tortoise babies? Does it change when they become adults?
I’ve seen mixed advice, 70F at night vs 80F at night. Daytime cooler side 80F and basking spot around 100F. What have people here used successfully? I’m...
How much is an appropriate amount of vents for a solid top enclosure? To have decent air flow and prevent mould, but to still retain humidity and heat? Any recommendations on placement of the vents?
It’s been a few years now. Would you be willing to share what substrates you ended up trying and how things worked out, and maybe some photos of your Egyptian and the enclosure?
I’m looking at getting an Egyptian tortoise and PVC enclosure options. I’m trying to figure out how high a substrate barrier I need for the enclosure. My understanding is that Egyptians don’t dig much, and they aren’t very big so wouldn’t need much substrate even if they do want to bury...
Ah, the reason I asked about basking light is because in the second thread you linked there are photos of the top of the enclosure and it appears to have 4 LED pot lights and a radiant heat panel and a T5 UVB, but no medium base lamp holder for a basking light. Am I just not seeing it?
It’s nice for there to be scientific literature to back up the tortoise care guides on this forum because a lot of veterinarians and zoos will only adopt practices with published scientific evidence.
“The results presented indicate that the level of dietary protein is probably not the main...
Noting the rest of the husbandry conditions, in this study they added vitamin D supplement plus gave the tortoises at least 2 hours of direct sun at least 3 times per week to avoid vitamin D deficiency, and did not use UV indoor lights. Both diets had 1.1% calcium and 0.7% phosphorus, which...
They kept both groups with the same humidity, 50% to 80%, so both groups pyramided equally. That fits what we already know on this forum about low humidity causing pyramiding. What was interesting in this study was the finding that high starch diet group seemed to cause growth about 10% faster...