oooo good thinking! though most of the keepers here that i've come across still rely heavily on outdated information and supplies, not even including pet stores since we all know how yikes those are worldwide. maybe im not digging deep enough? 🤔 because i know there are other vietnamese members...
thanks so much for the reply! i looked around and it seems like exo terra T5 lights aren't an option right now either unfortunately, though with how popular the brand is im assuming it'll probably start appearing sooner or later in the future, since there used to be zero trace of the reptisun...
hey all. im having an absolute HEADACHE trying to find uvb lights in vietnam and i need help.
im planning on housing an elongated tortoise in the future when we move houses and i get my own room, and till then i want to make sure i have everything covered before bringing my baby home. i used to...
a little update:
after some extra digging on the forum, it seems like our little guy is overdosing on calcium and vitamins. maybe that's why there's an imbalance in the nutrients. i give it pellets twice a week but like i've said i also give calcium + multivitamin powder, which i believe is too...
we just took the little guy to the vet today (just got home). this place was recommended by the same people we bought the tortoise from, i know it probably isn't smart to continue listening to them as they still raise their tortoises the "old fashion" way, but tortoises/reptiles in general...
no. in fact it was quite the opposite. when it first came home it was really active, walked around real fast. well at least for the first few days, after that it began walking less and less; we talked about it with the previous owners but they just said babies sleep a lot and that there's...
just gave it a soak and put it in front of its food (today's wheat grass, hibiscus leaves (for the first time), bok choy and katuk; im going to stop giving it hay like you said). usually it'd go around climbing walls trying to get out of the soaking tub but today it just sat still for the most...
i've had it for a little more than 3 months. i've only started weighing him pretty recently as the person i got it from did not inform me about weight, so unfortunately i do not know what it weigh before.
the previous substrate was i think dry coco coir? not like the dark one you plant plants...
no idea how old he is, but he's around 8cm. i got him more than 3 months ago and he's not grown since. his weight fluctuates between 110-119 grams or so; just weighed him, 118 grams
hello all.
i have a baby sulcata tortoise that's been unwell for a while now; it sleeps all day and only moves when i wake it up for a soak and put it in front of the food dish, and when it walks it's really shaky and wobbly, like its legs are too weak to support its body.
the biggest problem is...