Recent content by Tortellinimommy

Thanks Janelle (which is my middle name btw lol) today after a soak and playing outside she ate more than half her food, hand fed some which was fine by me. She likes to burrow under a piece of drift wood so I have moist moss there and I figured she knows where she's comfy so I'll let her sleep...

This is where she has choosen to sleep even though she has two hides with sphagnum moss one in cool area and one in warm, I read a care sheet on theturtlesource.com that said when you see them settling down for the nigh to place them in their sleepy area, not sure if I should or if I should just...

Mines only 38"x 18" and her substrate is only 4" but tortellini is only 2" so she gets lost easily lol,

Thanks :) she/he is my little cutie, I think I've been spoiling her with her new larger enclosure and now she burrows in random spots and it's like finding a needle in a hay stack lol I think she will be back in her lower walled enclosure soon since I've figured out how to regulate heat and...

My temp of 70 with humidity is at night and the humidity is high because of the enclosure being covered. Advice I got from HermanniChris. My daytime warm area is 90 with a cooler daytime area of the mid 70's while daytime humidity is averaging mid 50's. so what is it I don't understand?

I currently have a low wall open enclosure which is temporary since I've only had Tortellini for a few days her new home with higher walls and plexi glass half top will be ready soon. I just set up a humidifier during the days since our heat is on and it dries things out but at night I've been...

Thanks I've saved the care sheet along with several others to my phone for quick referencing and plan on getting a hydrometer tonight

I'm totally freaked out about my hermann developing pyramiding and want to make sure his home is humid what are some good thermostats for checking both humidity and one for temp since the one from petco doesn't seem the greatest. I do have a temp gun but not sure where I should be checking to...

Thanks, once I checked on him in the early afternoon he woke up and after his soak he was up and about all day until his lights were turned off for bed

Thanks for the replies, I think I will try an mvb for now and keep the hide humid as well as regular soaks and I like the idea of using the plastic lid at night to help with humidity since he's a hatchling. One other question and I know this may sound strange but is it normal for the hatchling...

The care sheets had good info, thanks. Now I need to figure out how if I can build something for a uvb tube light to go over the temporary plastic tub or just do a mvb for now until I build a larger wooden enclosure for when the hatchling gets bigger. As far as a heat bulb I read I can use a 100...

Tom thanks for your advice, if I use the mercury bulb will that take care of both heat and uvb or will I need additional? I do have sphagnum moss that I moistened under the log hide(tortoise is currently burrowed under log hide) and in pot hide, I took out the terra-cotta water and food dish...

Hi everyone! I just got my hermann hatchling and researched info prior until I could no longer read, there is so much info that it's hard to know what's good from bad. Lighting and heat and supplementing with the right vitamin/calcium seem to be where I'm confused. In his temporary home I...