Yetanotherclyde
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First attempt at a decent setup:
She was too big to fit under the wood, could escape (maybe) on the grass, temps under the ceramic heaters were a bit low for my taste.
Just got a Herman's tortoise, she's close to 2 yo. Was bred in a glass terrarium with plenty of brothers and sisters. At home we set her up on a table (see picture), yesterday.
1. It pooped a lot during the 30 min trip. I understand this is stress related, but how do we hydrate it back? It's not eating much at all. I put a strawberry as a more "attractive" food but she doesn't care. Baby food (carrot) diluted in water, is that a thing or is google playing tricks on me?
2. It's constantly trying to escape, walking along the edge of the table (the part that's not covered in bamboo and the one next to the flowers on the left). Should I put obstacles in the way so it doesn't look like a long straight path (move the aloe for example), or should I have something on the wall itself so it's not just a big white surface?
Temps are fine (34C to 24C at day depending on position, the whole room is 22C, will be getting a thermostat at some point if needed), humidity is fine (there's 15cm of coco based soil and quite bit of moss).
She loves to hide under the reddish rock on the left, on under the wood on the right. Last night she slept besides the succulent.
I built this ikea hack enclosure because I read that glass terarriums are not the suitable, plus they were tiny, this is twice the size of what the shop was pushing.
Am I worrying too much, where do I start?
Thanks!
