Recent content by Yodathetortoise98

Hey everyone, I've noticed for the last week or so my 11 month old baby tortoise makes noise at night. Especially at the beginning when I turn off the light. After he does a few times, he then stops for the rest of the night. He doesn't make these noises during the day or anything. He's...

It's a Uvb tube light

I always put calcium and d3 in his food but I don't know if he's abosorbing enough of it or eating enough of it. What's the best way to give it calcium and d3 to him? Thanks

Hey everyone, I was wondering how am I supposed to give my red foot tortoise the proper uvb lighting, if its hiding in his hide for 12 hours?

Anyone know any tips or tricks to keep the humidity high in a terrarium for red foot tortoises. Thank you

The temperature is around 82° to 86°F during the day and at night it drops to 72°F, I used Celcius at first and I converted it to Fahrenheit for a better understanding. But thanks for the humidity tip, that's where I think the problem is as well but it's fixable.

So it's a terrarium for now but it's a really big one 46 by 18 by 18. My red foot tortoise is a small little guy right now just about three inches. I have a 50 watt basking light, 6400 V uvb florescent tube light and a black night light to keep it warm at night because I live in Canada and it...

Hello everyone, I have a 6 Month baby red foot tortoise, his head seems to be ashy and seems to be shedding off a few scales. Do I have anything to be worried about?

Oh okay that's good, but I am asking for like physical signs of stress excluding hiding in the shell. I should have been more specific, sorry.

Hey Everyone, I was just wondering what are signs of stress in juvenile red foot tortoise? Other then hiding in its shell

Hey Everyone, This is just a random question I was wondering about. What's the lowest temperature a Red Foot tortoise can survive in?

Hey everyone, I have a indoor terrarium/habitat for a juvenile red foot tortoise. I have a 6400v tube for uvb on top of the terrarium, I was wondering if that's too much? Also if a florescent tube is good or a light bulb or if it doesn't matter?

Closed terrarium/habitat

Thanks, will invest into one right away!

Hey everyone, This is a basic question with many different answers to. But I have a 6 Month Red Foot Tortoise that I got just a few days ago and his terrarium humidity index ranges from 50% to 65% in the middle of the terrarium. I have misted but it doesn't go up by that much. What else can I...