JuliaB
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I have a follow-up question about diet and humidity.
I have a pardalis pardalis coming soon and on other forums you've mentioned briefly that their feeding can be different from pardalis babcocki in that babcocki can have more leafy greens? The links you have posted have been so helpful in general, but I am wondering for pardalis pardalis what percentage of the diet should be grass/hay? At this point I've stocked up on some timothy and orchard hay to alternate with and have wheat grass seeds and cat grass growing, along with Mazuri as a weekly treat. But I'm unsure if ~25% leafy greens for diet composition is acceptable for my species? How should I adjust my future meal plans?
For its first enclosure, I already have an "almost" closed container system with a covered 90 gallon tank (5x2x2') (not near windows, lights inside tank, 4inch strip around bottom visually) for the first year or two of life for my kid before building an outdoor enclosure or upgrading her to a 4x8' indoor if needed sooner. I have purchased coco coir and cypress mulch to experiment with substrate preference. Is there a best way to layer substrates or can I use them in various amounts in different parts of the enclosure for variety? I chose these based on recommendations on the forum and your guides and because they apparently hold humidity well. I've read about adding warm water to substrate weekly to maintain humidity and also read about people misting or having humidifiers in their enclosures. I purchased a hygrometer but waiting on it to arrive soon. Should I order a humidifier before my tort comes? Any advice about your preferred ways to add humidity to an enclosure? Also, with 80% humidity are there steps I can take to prevent mold etc?
Thank you!
I have a pardalis pardalis coming soon and on other forums you've mentioned briefly that their feeding can be different from pardalis babcocki in that babcocki can have more leafy greens? The links you have posted have been so helpful in general, but I am wondering for pardalis pardalis what percentage of the diet should be grass/hay? At this point I've stocked up on some timothy and orchard hay to alternate with and have wheat grass seeds and cat grass growing, along with Mazuri as a weekly treat. But I'm unsure if ~25% leafy greens for diet composition is acceptable for my species? How should I adjust my future meal plans?
For its first enclosure, I already have an "almost" closed container system with a covered 90 gallon tank (5x2x2') (not near windows, lights inside tank, 4inch strip around bottom visually) for the first year or two of life for my kid before building an outdoor enclosure or upgrading her to a 4x8' indoor if needed sooner. I have purchased coco coir and cypress mulch to experiment with substrate preference. Is there a best way to layer substrates or can I use them in various amounts in different parts of the enclosure for variety? I chose these based on recommendations on the forum and your guides and because they apparently hold humidity well. I've read about adding warm water to substrate weekly to maintain humidity and also read about people misting or having humidifiers in their enclosures. I purchased a hygrometer but waiting on it to arrive soon. Should I order a humidifier before my tort comes? Any advice about your preferred ways to add humidity to an enclosure? Also, with 80% humidity are there steps I can take to prevent mold etc?
Thank you!
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