I really thank you for your help. I spoke to the shop I bought them from and I cannot return the tortoise for whatever reason and I cannot build another enclosure at the moment. However, they are both females so I hope that will help?
I will go to the shop tomorrow and buy a new substrate...
Lighting - I have a 10% UVB Desert long bulb from Arcadia with a IP64 controller. It is in the middle of the tank.
I also have a 40W basking bulb 11 inches from the substrate.
Heating
- Hot end / 90f
- Basking temp / 100f
- Humidity / I don't have a measurement for humidity
- Substrate /...
After watching her today quite a lot I have noticed she is rarely moving but always in the basking area. When I bathe her she takes a while to open her eyes, a few minutes at most. I just weighed her and she weighs 28 grams.
I was given a sheet with saying that stuff was okay, Yeah I can go hiking every few days and pick those plants with fields that aren't sprayed or walked on much.
Thanks.
I was soaking them every second day, now I am soaking them every day as one of them is sleeping a lot. I am feeding them a salad mix - Spinach, Bulls Blood, Baby Kale with Calcium on top made by habistat.
I also haven't changed much to the enclosure except add more soil which is designed for...
I've discussed the situation with my dad. We're going to build two enclosures 1.5M x 2M for them but we won't be able to do this for three weeks. Is it a major problem to house them together for the next three weeks?
I gave them both a twenty-minute soak which I will continue to do every day.
I'm quite annoyed at the shop that sold these guys to me as they said a ten-minute weekly soak would do. How can they pick money over the health of such beautiful animals?
Yeah, I am an animal person... I have four aquariums and a hamster in my room already if that shows it! I really want to give them the best life possible.
The shop did give me a discount on the two which I feel foolish about now...
I really appreciate the help guys. :/
It will take me about a week, I can build a second enclosure and get all the right equipment in that time. I was advised by the shop I purchased them from that I could keep them together for a few years and if they began fighting in a few years if they happened to both be males I could build a...
These tortoises are just over a year old so I believe they are still juveniles. Although I've read conflicting information on their classification as a juvenile online. Between me and my girlfriend, they are looked at for a few hours a day as they are young and in a new habitat so we want to...
Hello,
I have two Horsefield tortoise which I purchased last week in one enclosure. I am in the process of building a shed in my back garden to build a second enclosure which will be done in about six months.
To the main point, I have a 10% UVB Desert long bulb from Arcadia with a IP64...