No she doesn’t have water but she does have shade. But when she’s under the sun, she’s sleeping most of the time.
Please could you name the light which I should use? So that I could look it up. Thank you.
She’s probably around 6-8 years old now. She hasn’t grown much in size in 3 years :(
Thank...
“add several plants in pots that hang down” which plants? Could you pls suggest a few.
And for the substrate, would coco peat do? After a certain period of time the coco peat becomes very minute and powdery and it sticks on her. So pls suggest some other substrate too.
And how do I keep the...
The day temps are 33C(91.4F) high which feels like 39C(102.2F) and 25C(77F) low
I use coco peat as the substrate but I’ve removed it currently because it had dust.
I use UV 50 watt lighting. I keep her under the sun for 2-3 hours in the morning
I feed her cucumbers, calabash/bottlegourd, money...
Hello this is my female Indian star tortoise.
In recent times I’ve noticed that she’ll be really active one day and the following few days she’ll be lethargic. Her eyes are watery, mouth area quite red, skin dry. She gasps for air and sometimes mucus comes out of her mouth.
She moves her head...
3 inch shell and 4 inch if face and legs are counted 151 grams weight
indian star tortoise
i dont use the lamp (i have a 50w lamp) i put it in sunlight in the morning and evening
tomorrow's high will be 40C (104f) and low will be 28C (82f)
i think my tort has become lethargic because of the heat...
hey @Tom , my tortoise has been eating very rarely and sometimes, I see bubbles blowing up on the nose. Temperatures are 82f(28C) low and 102f(39C) high for a day. humidity ranges from 45-85% in a day. how much sunlight is safe, on top of that how much uva-uvb light does it require and how to...
its currently summer here with average temperatures over 30 C (80% humidity) and my tort used to eat properly in winter and somehow, since it transitioned from winter to summer, my indian star tort has been sleeping most of the time and very little physical activity and eats food very rarely...
I like in Kolkata, India temps and humidity is very high like very so I don’t think my tort will need something extra but I do have one 50w uva uvb light for the winters so could you guide me on that and what to feed my tortoises
recently bubbles started coming out of my tort's nose and i thought it was just some cough and cold (i am a new tort owner) but then i read about urtd and stuff and now i am scare and so what antibiotics do i give it? pls help me out all the help will be appreciated