Went to bed last night and he was eating kale, which he never did. but unfortunately he didn't make it through the night.:( Thank you everyone for being so kind, thoughtful, and giving. I hope you all have a happy holiday with your torts :<3::tort:
He's doing much better today guys! I changed the Uvb bulb to a ultraviolet heat lamp TEMPORARILY. I've also been trying to keep the humidity up to around 80-90%. Increased the heat to 95 degrees on the warm side and 80 degrees on the cool side. AND HE JUST ATE SOME DANDELION GREENS. I will...
Do you have a link where i could purchase one? 'i've been to dozens of pet stores and lizard shops and they never recommended these and i cant seem to find one online
Thank you so much. I appreciate it a lot. Other than Temperature do you know why he would be so sick? what can i do to help him before i can afford a vet visit?
Thank you so much for explaining and for understanding.
My tank runs 90 degrees on the warm side and 80 degrees on the cooler side in the day. I do have a night light that I could plug in at night that would possibly keep the temp up to 85 degrees on one side. would that help instead of buying a...
After my tortoise has had a problem with a soft shell I will not be shutting off my UBV light. If I turn off the mat the temperature drops to 69 degrees on one side of the tank and that is way too cold. All my hides are facing away from the light and they all have moss in them as well. Two...
I live in Minnesota. The temperature today is -20 degrees fahrenheit not including windchill. I am not using a CHE because the CHE does not give off light and I do not want my tortoise to become confused when he walks under an area that is really warm and dimly lit. We use a 150W bulb because we...
we have four thermometers. i do not believe we need another. we have a custom thermostat that regulates the heat temperature. Putting a light on a timer would be a downgrade.
you think my light being on a thermostat is making my tortoise sick?
the thermostat is NOT on at night. there is heat at night but there is NO light, because its night time. if the 150W basking light is NOT on the thermostat it gets to 120 degrees. So I will NOT be taking off the thermostat.
We have a custom thermostat. The thermostat is controlling the basking bulb and a heating pad underneath the black tub. Once the temperature gets to a certain point the light and heating pad switches off to maintain the temperature i want.
The heating light is not a compact bulb. I did not want to get a ceramic heat emitter because it does not give off light. the uvb bulb is a compact fluorescent
One lamp is a 150W basking light and the other is a 10.0 UVB compact fluorescent
Feeding him Kale and Spring Mix, carrots and Reptile munchie's vegetables mix, occasionally tomatoes and bananas. Also sprinkling repti-calcium and Repashy superfood's tortoise supplement.
different parts of the...
I have but I have no funds to pay for a trip to the vet. A few months ago I may have been able to afford it but theres no way now and my parents aren't willing to help out.