robyn.gaw
New Member
Hi. I got a hermann tortoise about a week ago and he is very young (a hatchling and only a few months i think). i turn his lights on at 7:30am as i leave for school at 7:40am and no one else is in the house. I have been told i could put them on a timer but i was also told that if they are turned on first thing in the morning it will blow the bulb so im not doing that. I then turn them off at 7:30pm. I have a camera set up to make sure he is ok during the day and i have noticed that he doesn’t get up until about 4pm. This was not the case when i first got him and in the first few days without fail he was waking up at 10:15 ish. However, for some reason he has been waking up really late and he usually goes to bed at 6:30pm. I know this can be down to lighting and temperatures and the temperature in the enclosure is roughly 25°C in the cool side and 30°-35° in the basking side. If this is down to temperatures please tell me how to fix it. i have a basking lamp and a normal light - both given to me by the reptile shop. I don’t want to hear that “most people that sell reptiles don’t know what they’re doing” as the place i bought him from was very professional and the animals were well cared for as the owner knew his stuff. I also put out food which is usually just leave greens before i leave for school in the morning and he always has fresh water. I’m not sure if he is actually waking up at that time but there is no sign of him on the camera outside his bridge that he sleeps under until about 4pm when i get home at about 4:15pm, so always it could be at the fault of the camera that maybe doesn’t pick him up but i doubt that. Please give me advice and if it is something to do with the lighting pls tell me how to fix it and what to get. Thank you