Humidity
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it depends on what kind of tortoise you are talking about, dessert will be lower, tropical will be higher.
Theres many subspecies of greeks. Some live in humid environments but most are in fairly dry conditions. Do you know the subspecies of yours?
yoda3106 said:Eweezyfosheezy said:
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I keep my adults fairly dry. Yours are in the 4-5 inch range right? If so then humidity isnt really needed at all for smooth growth.
The outdoor humidity is 71%? It's natural for humidity levels to go up and down with the various weather stages. The higher levels will not hurt your animals and it won't stay that high for long I would bet. Inside you probably might get the same type of high spikes, like when you add a large amount of water to your substrate.
Bet that high humidity, if it combined with a hot day is making you a bit uncomfortable tho, isn't it?
Bet that high humidity, if it combined with a hot day is making you a bit uncomfortable tho, isn't it?
Jacqui said:
Yeah it was 71% earlier on lol it's gone back down to 53% now but the temperature isn't budging :/ it's got too 41degrees today and it's only just starting to drop now at 5pm :s 37degree now!! It is very uncomfortable for us, it doesn't drop below 26degrees now until end of sept, beginning of oct!! My dogs struggling too
I do have a pretty good idea what your going thru. We have some pretty high humidity days here and our temps are high too. We have windows open wide at night with fans blowing the cool air in and the hot house air back out. During the day the fans are all running inside. You put clean dry clothes on and before your done dressing, the clothes are already wet with sweat. The dogs tend to pick places where the fans blow on them, while the cats are all draped out in any spot they can find. Even the sulcatas tend to only be really active in the early morning and evening hours with the mud wallows getting a heavy work out. Seems like I am constantly going around and changing out water in all the pools and water dishes, as the water feels too hot to even take a bath myself in.
How do you provide humidity without special gadgets? My son rescued a neglected African Leopard tortoise 3 days ago. We live in So. Ca. where the humidity is usually low,(except the last few days). The shell is irregular, and widely spaced between the (don't know what the plates with design are called). I am learning from this forum that lack of humidity can affect this. We have had him less than a week. He is about 3 years old, 3-1/2 inches. Thanks
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