Another question. Does Shelly still absorb water when I soak her even if she is not drinking it? I've been soaking her each morning for 30 minutes, changing out the water after 10-15 minutes to keep it warm. She barley dabs her mouth in the water.
I went to talk to the people at the reptile store and they told me to take all of the substrate out of Shelly's enclosure until her eye is healed. Here is a picture of her tank with the substrate taken out. The light on top that is long is the UVB bulb. The reptile store also sold me some...
Thank you. I would like to keep a healthy and happy tortoise. The pet store sold us a UVB light that is a long tube that goes across the tank, and a heating pad for the bottom. After she started hibernating(?) I read that she might be cold still so I went and bought her a basking light. (The...
I will see if I can figure out how to take a picture of the enclosure. The UVB light is long tube like bulb. I also have the heating pad on the bottom and a basking light on one side.
I also started soaking her every morning for 20-30 minutes and I have added a little pediactric electrolight...
Hi there! My father purchased a Russian Tortoise for my son in February. He brought over all of the supplies the pet shop told him we would need. She was very active at first and ate a lot. In April she stopped eating and slept all day. I still woke her up once a week to soak and was...