Recent content by Richardstortoisefarm

i have kept the temps 85-90 day and night with 80%+ humidity with a more enclosed cage so it holds in the heat and humidity in better. I've also been doing longer soaks and all the lighting is inside the cage including the UVB.

Took the little guy to the vet today and it is upper respiratory infection, they gave me some meds which should help build the immune system so hopefully it'll help the infection pass.

Got the new temporary setup going. I've noticed it's holding heat and humidity better especially with the Cypress mulch instead of the reptibark. I have the uvb inside the cage now as well so nothing is blocking it. It's not pretty but it definitely holds up better.

I went out and bought a large storage tub that I'm going to rig up temporarily until I can make something, it will be mainly closed just one open area where the main heat lamp will be. All the lighting will be more inside the cage rather than sitting above on a screen. Thanks for the...

I have been planning out enclosures, I can rig something up to keep the lighting and uvb inside the cage. I'll take the little guy to the vet soon to make sure everything is okay. Thanks for the information, I really want to watch Irwin grow up and be a beast haha. I'm going to build the...

Humidity is a little low, not sure how accurate it is though. I misted the tank quite a bit. It does stay pretty warm in the tank.

It's reptibark, I thought it would come up as a video for you as well. I'll get a short video of the enclosure real quick.

I could cover a part of the tank to try and hold the moisture in better, the cage I'm making will be enclosed with vent holes that will allow the heat and humidity to stay in.

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I have recently gotten into sulcata tortoises, owning a couple redfoots and a Russian for around 5 years now. I got my little sulcata Irwin(named after Steve Irwin) a few weeks ago but I've noticed the past few days the little guys had some clear bubbles coming from his/her nose. Irwin is still...