Yes my temps are nice and hot.
Using the 45w incandescent flood bulb i was getting an ambient hot side of 96-97 and cool side of 89-90. And nowhere in the enclosure drops below 80° day or night.
Do you think I should incorporate a slight cooling off later in the day like they would experience...
How much would you expect a tortoise of this age/size to eat?
From everything I’ve read, they should be little eating machines. Eating roughly an amount that would fill their shell.
I don’t feel like this little one eats nearly as much as that.
Just did my monthly weigh in for all my animals and I’m a little worried about the Burmese star tortoise. Like I mentioned previously, weighed in at the breeder before shipping at 97g, I weight the tortoise in at 96g after arrival.
Today 4 weeks later I weighed it in at 94g.
To be fair, he has...
The airflow has been reduced a little bit and here are the new temperatures for peak heat daytime. Are these still suitable? I just worry that the cool side is only a few degrees cooler than the hot side…
The third temperature on the bottoms is the temp under the hide.
The night temps are the...
How is my setup so far? I do plan on adding some potted live plants (Boston fern or spider plants) just to add some extra shade. Other wise here’s what I’ve got so far. All tips are welcome. Just want to make sure everything is perfect as can be, before I bring a Burmese home.
The daytime...