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hi i have posted on here a few times about my marginated tortoise called humbug, but I need a bit more advice please.
I got humbug just over 2weeks ago and he/she is around a year old, anyway I think I have his set up right for him for now, he is currently in a viv on advice from someone to control heat, as when in the tortoise table had trouble keeping the heat up. I am using coco coir substrate and hot end is around 100 and cool end is about 75. the viv is wooden apart from the front, I leave the doors open most of the time so it doesn't get to hot in there, he cant get out with the doors open!!
anyway my questions are since I have had humbug I have only seen one poo on the day I first got him, so not sure if hes eating it or just not pooing, also he doesn't seem to eat much, I am given him spring mix at the mo, curly kale and shop brought pellets (he wont touch the pellets) and just starting to grow my own weeds, as I am in the uk and as its winter not a lot of wild weeds about, so once the weeds have grown I am planning to have him on a complete weed diet. I bath him daily for about 20-30mins but find the water get cool very quick so have been putting a heat mat under his bath to try to keep it warmer for longer. anyway just wondering if any ideas how to get him to eat more and poo more?
loving having my tortoise but very worrying while still learning. any advice would be very greatful for
he does seem quite happy in his self does sleep quite abit but when a wake quite active
I got humbug just over 2weeks ago and he/she is around a year old, anyway I think I have his set up right for him for now, he is currently in a viv on advice from someone to control heat, as when in the tortoise table had trouble keeping the heat up. I am using coco coir substrate and hot end is around 100 and cool end is about 75. the viv is wooden apart from the front, I leave the doors open most of the time so it doesn't get to hot in there, he cant get out with the doors open!!
anyway my questions are since I have had humbug I have only seen one poo on the day I first got him, so not sure if hes eating it or just not pooing, also he doesn't seem to eat much, I am given him spring mix at the mo, curly kale and shop brought pellets (he wont touch the pellets) and just starting to grow my own weeds, as I am in the uk and as its winter not a lot of wild weeds about, so once the weeds have grown I am planning to have him on a complete weed diet. I bath him daily for about 20-30mins but find the water get cool very quick so have been putting a heat mat under his bath to try to keep it warmer for longer. anyway just wondering if any ideas how to get him to eat more and poo more?
loving having my tortoise but very worrying while still learning. any advice would be very greatful for
he does seem quite happy in his self does sleep quite abit but when a wake quite active