Hi All,
Matteo is a Western Hermann’s tortoise. He’s in a Christmas tree bin. He was a few months old when I got him and he’s now a out 16 months old. As a hatchling, he seemed fine with the Arcadia light. He’d started to come out and wander areound his bin.
A few months ago, he began spending more time in his house, buried and sleeping. I bought new bulbs of the same kind. He was fine with the flood light for heat but still slept more. The issue is the Arcadia UV light. He’d run back to his house whenever I switched it one or start frantically scratching the corner of bin until I turned it off.
It’s been a couple of months since he’s had his UV light. Is this dangerous? I keep trying from time to time, but he reacts the same. Any idea what’s happening, and what I should do?
No current pics of bin. Broken down for cleaning, but I can add pics of how it looked a until a few months ago. I’ve rearranged the house to face the far end and removed the rocks. I already learned to pack the soil down so that’s changed as well but to be honest, Matteo just digs it back up anyway, lol!
Thanks!
Matteo is a Western Hermann’s tortoise. He’s in a Christmas tree bin. He was a few months old when I got him and he’s now a out 16 months old. As a hatchling, he seemed fine with the Arcadia light. He’d started to come out and wander areound his bin.
A few months ago, he began spending more time in his house, buried and sleeping. I bought new bulbs of the same kind. He was fine with the flood light for heat but still slept more. The issue is the Arcadia UV light. He’d run back to his house whenever I switched it one or start frantically scratching the corner of bin until I turned it off.
It’s been a couple of months since he’s had his UV light. Is this dangerous? I keep trying from time to time, but he reacts the same. Any idea what’s happening, and what I should do?
No current pics of bin. Broken down for cleaning, but I can add pics of how it looked a until a few months ago. I’ve rearranged the house to face the far end and removed the rocks. I already learned to pack the soil down so that’s changed as well but to be honest, Matteo just digs it back up anyway, lol!
Thanks!
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