zhivaham
New Member
I’m currently mom to a dog, three bunnies, three snakes, a gecko, and around 100 aquatic creatures. I have always LOVED sulcatas and am now in a place where I can fully commit to the life (at least until I die anyway) of a giant tortoise. I want to start out with a hatchling so I can watch it grow up too.
I’ve never had any sort of turtle before so I’m here to learn as much as I possibly can. Through reading stickies, I’ve already learned so much about baby sulcata care. The room I plan on keeping the baby in for the first couple of years is constantly at around ~75-80 degrees ambient temperature and 55-60% humidity simply because there are so many heated aquariums in it. Will this affect the lighting I use? I have never kept a reptile that’s needed basking or heat bulbs before and I think that’s where I’m getting the most confused. Also, any closed chamber I use will get to 99% humidity quickly (had this issue with my ball python); from what I’ve seen they should be around 80% so I’m torn on how I should set it up. I have tons of questions but I’ll read through some more threads first. Thanks for reading!
I’ve never had any sort of turtle before so I’m here to learn as much as I possibly can. Through reading stickies, I’ve already learned so much about baby sulcata care. The room I plan on keeping the baby in for the first couple of years is constantly at around ~75-80 degrees ambient temperature and 55-60% humidity simply because there are so many heated aquariums in it. Will this affect the lighting I use? I have never kept a reptile that’s needed basking or heat bulbs before and I think that’s where I’m getting the most confused. Also, any closed chamber I use will get to 99% humidity quickly (had this issue with my ball python); from what I’ve seen they should be around 80% so I’m torn on how I should set it up. I have tons of questions but I’ll read through some more threads first. Thanks for reading!
