I have decided to see if i can get my 3 Hermanns to brumate in my enclosure inside my outdoor barn. I live in southern pa and nightly temps in the enclosure are in the mid 50’s. Since i turned off the heaters the start of october, they have all but stopped eating they have not yet gone under the...
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I built what I believed to be the best enclosure i could, ascetically speaking. BUT, after 3 months, my 3 adult hermanns have destroyed everything. Thats ok with me as they are all very healthy. First, they flipped over every potted plant and, totally steamrolled the planted plants. 1...
Do you know if tortoises come into “heat” like animals such as horses and dogs do? I know my horses are on like a 4 week cycle, but when a stallion is introduced, no matter where they are in their monthly cycle, they come into heat in as soon as a day.
Still fine tuning. I will have to order a cheapo fan to circulate the air. Like i said, temp fluctuations when i open it up just for several seconds. At top 90 deg. At soil surface 75 deg.
Agreed. I am watching their behavior closely. Where do people get one’s experience in this area of tort keeping? I can separate them now, but when i attempt breeding later, i will still have the same questions. I guess i can scour youtube for some vids on torts aggressive behaviors during mating.
I surely agree with your comments. I just completed an additional semi attached area to my enclosure to separate the male from the 2 females when needed. My question is how long should i let this mating activity proceed before separation?.
I have plans for an indoor soaking tray also.
I will manually turn a pump on from a heated water source, probably a 10 gal aquarium with aquarium heaters. Fill tray up with 90 deg water. Place tort in. Hopefully tort will stay soaking for awhile. Then a 12v normally closed solenoid will...
My design is simply to save me time. My tort room is in my barn basement, not my house. Any automations help. A larger drain line will definitely fix my problems. I have the filtration set up to filter out whatever needs filtered. With larger drains, i might be able to go on a 100% self...
Long post- sorry, but i am in a self inflicted quandary suddenly. I purchased 2 beautiful healthy adult female hermanns last Saturday.
I added a very healthy male yesterday. These are my 1st tortoises. I spent months researching the best practices for keeping them. I struggled thru the...
My second drinking fountain attempt developed yet another design flaw.
After my 1st design had numerous leaking problems, i have since attained a system with no leaks. BUT, after i added a male to the family, activities really ramped up, if you know what I mean. Lol. They pretty much destroyed...
Here is a pic of my latest update
Good: looks nice.
Bad: another design flaw!
1. As soon as I open a plexiglass slanted door, all the heat rushes out. Slanted design is appears to present difficult uniform heat. I will add another circulation fan to circulate the heat from top to bottom.
2...