Recent content by guffie83

Ok I've been on the net and ordered a exo terra light cycle unit and a 15" desert tube hopefully that will help.

It's 32*c / 88f at the basking spot cooling to around 20*c / 68f at the other end which has a covered section. The light is on from when we get up around 7am till around 10pm when I switch everything off. The table is in my kitchen so gets a little extra heat from day to day living and won't get...

Hi everyone, I've recently moved my tortoise shelly from a glass tank to a new 4' x 2' tortoise table. Although since then Shelly has not been so active she is burrowing down and not eating. I have a 125 watt UVA UVB heat bulb that has been fine for her so far. I thought the table was struggling...

Thanks everyone for your help, Shelly had a poo today after a long soak and I raised the temp at the basking spot a bit. Thanks again.

Can't seem to get the photo's to work. They upload ok but then don't display.

This is Shelly's tank. I bathed him today for about 45mins saw him pass urine but still no poo. I'll build up the area at the lamp tomorrow to raise the temp at the basking spot hopefully this will help. Thanks everyone.

Hi all, I bought a horsefield tortoise last week. I was told it was aged somewhere between 6 months and 2 years. It has a combined uv/ heat bulb giving a hot spot temp of 27-30 cooling to about 22 at the opposite end of the tank. He has a sandy substrate and I feed him a mix of dandelions...