I have replaced the substrate with orchid bark as suggested and it seems to have made an instant difference to the humidity. It went up to 81% earlier. Will spraying the orchid bark with water help maintain this? And how high is too hugh regarding humidity?
Apologies for the late reply. I have now purchased everything you suggested in this post. I'm now a bit confused about setting it up, does the basking lamp attach to the UVB tube?
Thanks for the info. Swell reptiles is where we ordered her current substrate from funnily enough. Orchid bark sounds good.
Her enclosure is 18 inches tall.
I'm also a bit concerned about her size. Again she acts like a healthy tort and feels heavy , but she's only 9 inches long x 5 inches...
This enclosure is actually a new one. Her old one was a slightly larger home made one but we thought this enclosed one would be better for her. We do have a garden yes and in the summer months we allow her to roam outside all day. Unfortunately in the UK summer doesn't last too long. Tbh...
Many thanks for the reply. Very helpful information. Her home is completely enclosed so an overhead picture is not possible. The glass doors open at the front. I have attached an imagine to show how her lamp is positioned. Also this is link to the lamp I use...
Hi thanks for the replies. She's in a part glass enclosure with a temperature of around 25c and humidity 57% . I feed her mainly the picture attached which is meant to be a 'complete balanced diet' on top of dandelion leaves and sometimes add calcium to it. She has a 25w +50w UVA UVB heating lamp.
So nothing to worry about then? It's only that I didn't notice it until fairly recently. This is a picture of her when she was about 1 for comparison.......
Hi everyone new here. I have a tortoise (roughly 21 F) not totally certain on breed as she was a gift. We believe she's a leapord although someone on here may be able to tell... For the last few months she's had this yellow/white thing on the side of her mouth under her beak. It now appears to...