Hi Tom,
Your guide is amazing, really useful and I am trying to emulate. Can I ask a few questions through as someone who has recently inherited a 4 year old (500g Leopard tort).
1. I am in the UK so even summer it’s mAybe only 75F outside - is this too cold to allow outside time?
2. How long...
Thanks for all your responses guys and girls. I really appreciate it. Ok, that is really not good if as you are all saying it has been burned. I thought 30cm was an appropriate height but I have lifted it up already. Are there particular tools / thermometers you would recommend for measuring...
Gosh I hadn't even considered that, thanks for the suggestion. I'm using a NeoRep Reptiglobe 80W lamp (https://www.neorep.net/product/mercury-vapour-lamp-80w-e2627-thread/) at a height of 25-30cm so that it hangs above some rocks etc. for a nice basking position. I've just got a thermometer out...
Ok so I have a 3-4 yo. Leopard tortoise called Einstein. I've been a little worried about how irregular her shell is growing for a while but after doing some reading online and looking at some photos I thought most of it wasn't something to be worried about. Today however I was bathing her and...