annasofiajorgensen
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Hello, fellow tortoise enthusiasts and tortoise owners!
The last 3-4 days, our tortoise has been a little white on his growth rings.
I am very afraid that this can be the beginning of rot?
When I scrubbed him lightly today, it didn’t come off.
Or is this merely caused by dryness?
It is very hard to keep the air on a high humid level in the enclosure in December/January because the air gets so dry.
We mist his shell and the substrate every day and also pour water into the substrate at least every week and mix it so that mould can’t grow, and the air is still too dry for a hatchling who is 7 months only. We really struggle to keep it on 75%-85% and one of us constantly has to be home so that the humid level can be that high in the cold/middle end.
This causes the substrate to be a little too wet. And if we don’t spray that much, the air is too dry.
What can one do about this?
The UV is right (10.0 fluorescent bulb), the food is right (Pre Alpin Herbs, Fibre and Baby and the weeds that we can occasionally find, as it is is cold, although he seems to fast himself naturally 2 days a week) and he gets a 15-50 min. warm bath every morning (he loves them).
He also has calcium available at all times in the form of eggshells and calcium stones. We sprinkle calcium powder with vitamin D3 five days a week and multivitamin once a week onto his food.
Then it is the head. Does the skin look normal? I am kind of concerned.
This probably isn’t anything or probably is, but I just want to Be sure he is okay.
His eyes are very clear and he has never had any discharge from his nose or any wheezing in his breathing.
Good day and thank you for reading this long post ‘till the end. Have a lovely day and Merry Christmas! xo
The last 3-4 days, our tortoise has been a little white on his growth rings.
I am very afraid that this can be the beginning of rot?
When I scrubbed him lightly today, it didn’t come off.
Or is this merely caused by dryness?
It is very hard to keep the air on a high humid level in the enclosure in December/January because the air gets so dry.
We mist his shell and the substrate every day and also pour water into the substrate at least every week and mix it so that mould can’t grow, and the air is still too dry for a hatchling who is 7 months only. We really struggle to keep it on 75%-85% and one of us constantly has to be home so that the humid level can be that high in the cold/middle end.
This causes the substrate to be a little too wet. And if we don’t spray that much, the air is too dry.
What can one do about this?
The UV is right (10.0 fluorescent bulb), the food is right (Pre Alpin Herbs, Fibre and Baby and the weeds that we can occasionally find, as it is is cold, although he seems to fast himself naturally 2 days a week) and he gets a 15-50 min. warm bath every morning (he loves them).
He also has calcium available at all times in the form of eggshells and calcium stones. We sprinkle calcium powder with vitamin D3 five days a week and multivitamin once a week onto his food.
Then it is the head. Does the skin look normal? I am kind of concerned.
This probably isn’t anything or probably is, but I just want to Be sure he is okay.
His eyes are very clear and he has never had any discharge from his nose or any wheezing in his breathing.
Good day and thank you for reading this long post ‘till the end. Have a lovely day and Merry Christmas! xo