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Yes. I've been running several of them for years.

Here are a few things I see: 1. Not having a water bowl for a few days would not kill them. It was most likely the heat. Hydration is vitally important for long term health, but this species can survive a few days with a dry water bowl if all else is done correctly. 2. When housed outdoors in...

UV levels in the UK are lower than here, but have you tried it outside, mid day in summer time? You should be able to look up online what is normal this time of year for your area.

Both are great species and both have the same care requirements. Marginated just get a little bit larger. Hermani are way more common and available, so finding a breeder who starts them correctly might be easier.

I agree those readings are okay, but they seem very low for 12% or a 14%. I wonder if your meter is off. I prefer Arcadia. I think their stuff is better quality. I wonder if another keeper or reptile shop near you is running an Arcadia HO tube that you could test your meter under?

Hello and welcome! What you are feeding him is ideal, but he has probably never seen any of that and has no idea what it is. New foods have to be introduced gradually over weeks or months. Check in with the seller and see what he was eating before. Probably lettuce. Mix in small amounts of...

Procuring enough food to feed my ever-growing herd is my biggest challenge. Closely followed by having to put them all away every night into their night boxes when the weather is hot. Your questions; 1. I leave them unattended every night while I'm sleeping and they are in their boxes. I don't...

The UV does not need to blanket the entire enclosure. Just an area near the basking lamp is all that is needed. LED for the rest of the enclosure is great.

I thought wandering jew was toxic, but I could be mistaken. Yes, if it's safe for a DT, it's also safe for a sulcata. Grasses and grass hay are best, but also look for lavatera, grape vines, mulberry leaves, and lots of spineless opuntia.

Yes, you are doing him a huge disservice by letting him in. The floor of the house is not safe, cannot be made safe, and no amount of supervision changes this. We see tragedy after tragedy as a result of people letting them roam free in the house. Nobody realizes how dangerous it is, or how many...

They aren't stressed. They are just marching. Much like a horse, tortoises rely on locomotion to keep the GI tract moving along. Think of the soaks like a hot walker for horses. Years ago @Yvonne G used the phrase "tortoise treadmill". It really does fit. While soaking for 45 minutes, your...

All of this sounds ideal. Longer soaks are better, as the mountain lady pointed out, but with two soaks a day, dehydration, constipation, and bladder stones can reasonably be ruled out. As an experiment, try switching back to the original diet with half romaine, before you added in the new...

My tortoises are the forces of destruction mentioned in the video...

Upland has great tortoise weather for DTs! The heat shouldn't matter indoors. I'm trying to see a reason for the reduced appetite. How often do you soak them? What sort of heating, lighting and UV are you using indoors? What are your temperatures indoors? What substrate are you using? Outside...

First: Are they housed separately? If the tortoise is grazing naturally, and with your huge variety of good stuff, you really don't need and supplementation. A tiny pinch of calcium now and then certainly won't hurt anything, but if they are eating a variety of weeds and all of those...

In addition to what Zovick said, this problem usually indicates poor care, incorrect hosing, and wrong diet. Just something to be aware of.

Closed chambers work much better and more efficiently if there is a solid top and all of the heating and lighting is contained inside. I'm not familiar with vivtech, but here is a breakdown of the four heating and lighting essentials: Basking bulb. I use 65 watt incandescent floods from the...

Switch to orchid bark. It works better. When using coco coir, it is important to keep it damp and firmly hand pack it down. Looks like yours is damp enough, but I can't tell if its hand packed or not.

Fir is a type of pine. But if it doesn't designate which type of pine then it's more iffy. On the other hand, if the reptile shop has been using it with no issues, then I bet it is fine. On the other hand, reptile shop use that Pets at Home brand over there with the calcium bits mixed in with...

My best answer is probably. Your 45 watt bulb for a smaller tortoise is probably fine. Personally I'd rather use the 65 watt and dial it down a little bit with a rheostat. Check the temperature under it by laying a digital thermometer on its back and letting it cook for a while. That will give...