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Hey everybody!
My name's Evan and it has been great using your site, though this is my first post on here. After keep turtles for a while, I finally got my first tortoise, and she (whether boy or girl) has yet to receive a name other than "she", so bear with me
I just got my baby Greek this past Tuesday, had her enclosure set up and ready to go, and just want to make sure I'm doing every thing the right way.
I did a lot of research before setting it up, and I just hope I'm right!
She has a hide set up both in the heat and out of the heat, I'm using spaghnum peat moss as a substrate, and keep regular spaghnum moss in the hides to keep damp. I wet the soil a couple times a day to help with humidity (I'm in Wisconsin and it's very dry here), as well as mist her a few times a day too to keep her from drying out. She's eaten red and green leaf lettuce and a couple carrot shavings, topped with a calcium supplement. I also have a few tomatoes and cucumbers to give her soon. I give her the food every morning and place her in front of it, and she'll eat a bit and return to finish later in the day, usually a pile about the size of her, maybe a little larger.
Temperature is 95 degrees roughly under the lamp with 50% humidity, whereas in the hides it stays about 75-80 degrees with around 75-80% humidity.
Every thing seems to be fine with her, she eats fine and poops every day, but I still worry. After reading about how active some folks hatchlings are, mine doesn't seem that way at all. She hardly explores her enclosure, goes to sleep around 7 in the hide and stays in the exact same spot until I get food around 10 the next morning and place her in front of it. She also still seems deathly afraid of me. Am I worrying too much? Is she still stressed from the shipping and new environment, or is there something I'm doing wrong?
Any advice would be great
Also I know the table is rather small, but I think it's big enough for the time being until she gets a little older, right?
My name's Evan and it has been great using your site, though this is my first post on here. After keep turtles for a while, I finally got my first tortoise, and she (whether boy or girl) has yet to receive a name other than "she", so bear with me
I just got my baby Greek this past Tuesday, had her enclosure set up and ready to go, and just want to make sure I'm doing every thing the right way.
I did a lot of research before setting it up, and I just hope I'm right!
She has a hide set up both in the heat and out of the heat, I'm using spaghnum peat moss as a substrate, and keep regular spaghnum moss in the hides to keep damp. I wet the soil a couple times a day to help with humidity (I'm in Wisconsin and it's very dry here), as well as mist her a few times a day too to keep her from drying out. She's eaten red and green leaf lettuce and a couple carrot shavings, topped with a calcium supplement. I also have a few tomatoes and cucumbers to give her soon. I give her the food every morning and place her in front of it, and she'll eat a bit and return to finish later in the day, usually a pile about the size of her, maybe a little larger.
Temperature is 95 degrees roughly under the lamp with 50% humidity, whereas in the hides it stays about 75-80 degrees with around 75-80% humidity.
Every thing seems to be fine with her, she eats fine and poops every day, but I still worry. After reading about how active some folks hatchlings are, mine doesn't seem that way at all. She hardly explores her enclosure, goes to sleep around 7 in the hide and stays in the exact same spot until I get food around 10 the next morning and place her in front of it. She also still seems deathly afraid of me. Am I worrying too much? Is she still stressed from the shipping and new environment, or is there something I'm doing wrong?
Any advice would be great
Also I know the table is rather small, but I think it's big enough for the time being until she gets a little older, right?