This enclosure is not a closed type but I am planning to cover the mesh top so that the heat and humidity stay in more (open to suggestions on what material I should use for that). I have one zoomed double dome (not sure if that’s the exact title) for uvb and heat. And then I have a flukers heat...
I recently purchased a larger enclosure so my Western Hermann’s juvenile would have more space to roam. He is currently about 3 inches and growing. But, I am struggling keeping the larger enclosure at the proper temperature. On his old enclosure I was using a 50w bulb and it was about 18 in...
Hello! I am switching from a compact 10.0 uvb bulb and want to switch to a linear uvb light fixture. What would you recommend for a Western Hermann’s? I am looking into the 12% Arcadia light, would that work? I also have an 18in tall enclosure and want to know how much distance needs to be from...
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I am struggling with finding the correct UVB bulb and fixture for my Western Hermann’s tortoise. I currently have a 10.0 UVB bulb in a dual repti zoo dome fixture because my tortoise was a baby and in a small enclosure. Now that he’s getting larger I upgraded his enclosure and am...
Dang, that’s crazy. I would’ve thought all of the hatchlings would have gone out by now. I would email him again for sure, what I ended up doing was emailing the email listed on his Venmo rather than the one on the garden state tortoise website. I believe one is his personal email and the other...
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I just received my western Hermann’s hatchling this week and am still getting used caring for him. This is my first reptile so I just want to make sure I am doing everything right for humidity and heat. I have a 50w basking light set up on the basking area about 12 in from the...
Oh my gosh I’m so glad you got yours! I’m still waiting on mine! He did email me that he was gonna try and send it out this week so I hope that’s the case!
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I recently set up my tortoise enclosure to prepare for my hatchling coming in the next few weeks. I wanted to practice keeping the humidity and temperature for what the baby tort needs. I noticed that my moss hide started to sprout and I was curious if anyone knew what the sprouts were...
Just received an email back, apparently Chris is offline from his email as he normally does in the hatching season which I was not aware about. Anyway long story short is that the tortoises apparently hatched late this season and will be ready to go out mid-august!
The weird thing is he was super good at responding when I was purchasing the tortoise. He would respond within an hour or two. Now I have sent two emails in the past month and it’s just radio silence. I’m assuming he’s busy and has lots of things to do running his facility. I would just like an...