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I am new to this forum but I joined because I just got a brand new Sulcata baby tortoise for 50 bucks and I love him. I named him Gupta off of Outsourced and I was just looking for any advice that anyone with lots of experience could give me.
I feed him Zoo Med Grassland formula once a day with calcium powder sprinkled over it every now and then.
And I give him Zoo Med Reptivite with Vitamin D3 every week or twice a week.
Having recently read all of the threads on how important humidity is I have changed his substrate to moss and one part of his cage is a little bit less "wet" with mulch.
I also spray him and his cage with a huge water bottle everyday to keep it moist.
He has a plastic humidity house. I was wondering what you do to make sure that it stays warm enough in his humidity box? I have a Zoo Med ReptiCare Ceramic Infrared Heat Emitter 100 Watts that I plan to keep his humidity box warm with.
and Gupta has a Zoo Med PowerSun UV Mercury Vapor Lamp 160 Watts so that he gets enough UBV and UVA sunlight since its still too cold to house him outdoors and he is still too small.
Along with that I have a Zoo Med ReptiSun 10.0 Compact Fluorescent Lamp that I read was really, really good light and healthy for your tortoises as long as you put them far enough away from the cage, like a foot and a half or a foot at the least.
And to make sure that his cage stays hot enough and with the right levels of humidity I bought Reptology Reptile Hygrometer Humidity & Temperature Sensor Combo Pack.
Any thoughts or questions or much needed advice to make sure he doesn't pyramid would be much appreciated.
I feed him Zoo Med Grassland formula once a day with calcium powder sprinkled over it every now and then.
And I give him Zoo Med Reptivite with Vitamin D3 every week or twice a week.
Having recently read all of the threads on how important humidity is I have changed his substrate to moss and one part of his cage is a little bit less "wet" with mulch.
I also spray him and his cage with a huge water bottle everyday to keep it moist.
He has a plastic humidity house. I was wondering what you do to make sure that it stays warm enough in his humidity box? I have a Zoo Med ReptiCare Ceramic Infrared Heat Emitter 100 Watts that I plan to keep his humidity box warm with.
and Gupta has a Zoo Med PowerSun UV Mercury Vapor Lamp 160 Watts so that he gets enough UBV and UVA sunlight since its still too cold to house him outdoors and he is still too small.
Along with that I have a Zoo Med ReptiSun 10.0 Compact Fluorescent Lamp that I read was really, really good light and healthy for your tortoises as long as you put them far enough away from the cage, like a foot and a half or a foot at the least.
And to make sure that his cage stays hot enough and with the right levels of humidity I bought Reptology Reptile Hygrometer Humidity & Temperature Sensor Combo Pack.
Any thoughts or questions or much needed advice to make sure he doesn't pyramid would be much appreciated.
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