Hi there, I have noticed what seems to be over night that my tortoise Franks nails have suddenly gone a bit brown, they are usually a bright healthy yellow colour, I haven’t changed anything, the only thing he’s eating more of at the moment are dandilions, apart from that, he still has a varied...
I think you’re right, looking back at photos of when I first got him his nails were the same then. He wasn’t in the best of conditions when I first collected him. I will definitely get another rock for his nails thank you for the suggestion! I will also look into ambient lighting, I’ve made sure...
Hi Tom,
Thank you so much for this advice, I will definitely take everyone’s tips on board!
So the UV light is the T5 HO tube light which is on 7-7 and he has calcium supplement on his food 5 times a week Monday - Friday as well as a cuttlebone fish permanently which I change with a fresh one...
Wow, thank you so much for this information, this is really useful! I will defo look into this asap, will hopefully give Frank the best life with everyone’s help on this forum! 💚💚
Oh good! Thank you! ☺️🙏🏼I have just taken one tonight, I clean the enclosure once a week. So the temperature under the heat lamp ranges from about 35-39 degrees directly below, it is a 100W bulb in a hooded lamp, it’s around 25 degrees where his food is / middle and 19-20 degrees in the cool...
Thank you Angie! Honestly I’m obsessed with Frank haha, also love the name Zola! It’s definitely a life saver having this forum, and I really appreciate anyone’s advice and tips☺️
I really hope so bless him🙏🏼 I will keep an eye on it as he seems to be growing fast so hopefully it’s that! Okay thank you for you advice I will stop that, thank you! (I say he but who knows yet!)
I don’t think so he seems fine in himself, the only thing I can think of is that I let him walk around the room on our carpet for exercise so wasn’t sure if it could be friction from the carpet? Really not sure!