Hello
I purchased a Sulcata Tortoise a few months ago, he’s around 9 months old now.
I have him in a tortoise table made from a book case, I used the hide from his original table that I purchased him with as it seemed small to keep him in.
He is 3.5 inches long his enclosure is 2ft by 1ft.
I try keep his hides humidity above %90 with spag moss and Timothy hay, The problem I have is he hardly uses it.
He sits in or burrows into the Timothy Gay in the corner near the ceramic heater. His substrate is coco coir about 7 inches deep with some bark around the rocks.
I have his basking temp set to 36 degrees his hide/the cooler end is about 26/27 degrees.
Night temp 24 degrees.
I was thinking of swapping his ceramic and D3 bulb fitting around to try and heat his hide up to encourage him to use it more or at least sleep in it.
Also his light is on for 13hrs 7am to 8pm. I wondered what is my best option as when his light goes off the living room lights are still on to around 1pm, do you think this will affect him.
I would welcome all suggestions how I can improve this set up. Online info is very conflicting.
Please see attached photos for set up etc
I purchased a Sulcata Tortoise a few months ago, he’s around 9 months old now.
I have him in a tortoise table made from a book case, I used the hide from his original table that I purchased him with as it seemed small to keep him in.
He is 3.5 inches long his enclosure is 2ft by 1ft.
I try keep his hides humidity above %90 with spag moss and Timothy hay, The problem I have is he hardly uses it.
He sits in or burrows into the Timothy Gay in the corner near the ceramic heater. His substrate is coco coir about 7 inches deep with some bark around the rocks.
I have his basking temp set to 36 degrees his hide/the cooler end is about 26/27 degrees.
Night temp 24 degrees.
I was thinking of swapping his ceramic and D3 bulb fitting around to try and heat his hide up to encourage him to use it more or at least sleep in it.
Also his light is on for 13hrs 7am to 8pm. I wondered what is my best option as when his light goes off the living room lights are still on to around 1pm, do you think this will affect him.
I would welcome all suggestions how I can improve this set up. Online info is very conflicting.
Please see attached photos for set up etc