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Sorry what's 70-80f in Celsius? And ok thank u Hun, and at night I let the temps drop to around 19c, also when tortoises bask do they half burrow themselves? Or is he sleeping? He sleeps a lot x

Yeah I've ordered a humidity thing and ordered some organic bark chips which give off moisture slowly as they heat up, also can I use a different sort of uv bulb instead of a strip bulb? Thanks x

Yeah I've ordered something to measure the humidity and also ordered some organic bark chips that slowly real ease moisture into the air when they heat up, so when they come I will change it, also in a tortoise table what's the best way to make sure the cool end of the table doesn't get too low...

I've just ordered a humidifier from Amazon so when it comes what should the humidity be roughly? And when I spray in his enclosure should I take him out so I don't get him wet? Also if I do take him out how long should I leave it before I put him back in? Thanks x

This is him and his set up x

Is there something I can buy to check humidity? Sorry for all questions I just want to have him happy and healthy! I love him soooo much, I think he's getting used to me now I only got him 5 days ago and when I hold him he keeps his head out of his shell :) x

Also I'm using a light/heat bulb and uv strip xx

Ok I'll spray with water, I don't know what the humidity is in his enclosure though, what happens if I get him wet when I spray? Does it matter? Should I take him out when I do it? I will post pictures later on as at work at the moment, he is in a Viv but I'm waiting for his table to arrive, I...

To be honest I didn't even know about the humidity! How can I keep it at a reasonable level? Do I spray warm water in his Viv to settle it? And ok thank u I will look into more variety for his diet x

I just looked online and found some that slowly release moisture into the air when heated, do you think that will be ok? X

Ok I'll have a look and try that, I was originally going to buy some I saw but what put me off was that in the bag it came in, it looked rather wet and damp so I didn't bother, did u find that? X

Hi ileoyu, thank u for ur advice, what substrat would u say I should use? As I know they love to dig so I thought mine were suitable for that, and yeah I do keep water in for him anyway just in case, he seems to enjoy his baths for about 5 mins then wants to get out lol, also is his diet that...

hi everyone! I'm new here and a new horsfield tortoise mummy. I'd just like some advice that I'm doing everything ok for my little guy! So blastoise (my tortoise) is about a year old, I know vivs are not good for tortoises but I am waiting on a tortoise table to be delivered for him. His viv is...