Concerned (head and neck looks dry)

[JovanPowell]

I have recently noticed that my sulcata hatchling head and face areas are looking dried out. I soak them daily. I stain something that I should be concerned about? Any info is greatly appreciated!TIA

 

[Maggie3fan]

I have recently noticed that my sulcata hatchling head and face areas are looking dried out. I soak them daily. I stain something that I should be concerned about? Any info is greatly appreciated!TIA

we will need photos on the tort and his habitat lighting etc...

 

[JovanPowell]

we will need photos on the tort and his habitat lighting etc...

I have 100w heating lamp and a 10.0uvb lamp

 

[Butterfly]

For the dryness, all I can recommend is soaking them more often than you are. Second, you have to get rid of the red light and maybe replace it with a ceramic heat emitter.

 

[Tom]

I have recently noticed that my sulcata hatchling head and face areas are looking dried out. I soak them daily. I stain something that I should be concerned about? Any info is greatly appreciated!TIA

You've gotten the wrong care advice for your tortoise and its on its way to some serious pyramiding that cannot be undone. Don't feel bad. 90% of the people you ask will give you this same wrong info. If you want to stop the pyramiding and correct the dryness, give this a read:

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

tortoiseforum.org

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