YouTube is not a good place for tortoise info.Maybe It has a way to see the sign.... But I can't find any information through youtube.
After a month of my observation..My tortoise need high basking temperature (35 to 40 celcius) in order to live active and healthy, In order to do that, I need to lower down my basking light, and it cause my humidity quite dry (45 to 55).
I tried to increase my basking light height in order to increase the humidity to the range of 60 to 70 but it cause my temperature drop to 30 degree celcius. My tortoise started to has watery poop since that.....
Pyramiding is not caused by over feeding.I'm not a pro when it comes to raising tortoises but I think that early on you can do some things to prevent pyramiding such as is the enclosure to dry? Or are you over feeding it? Pyramiding is just abnormal growth on the shell and tortoises in captivity will tend to have a bit of pyramiding which shouldn't be a problem.
YouTube is not a good place for tortoise info.
Read this care sheet...
https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threa...se-a-sulcata-leopard-or-star-tortoise.181497/
@adriantan is right. That substrate is no good, you need high humidity levels to prevent pyramiding 80%-90% and even higher in the humid hides. I can already see the pyramiding starting. It is mild, but will get much worse if you continue to use that substrate and do not get a closed chamber. The substrate does not keep humidity well at all, I would get fine grade orchard bark. To keep humidity, pour water in the substrate, mist the enclosure, and get a closed chamber as advised in the care sheet. That care sheet is written by one of our most notable members, through over 30 yrs of experiments. He’s raised nothing but healthy babies through this method.
If you are soaking daily, minimal urine or feces will ever touch the substrate in the enclosure.Don't mine share about hygiene care when tortoise pass their urine on the substrate like coco coir or orchid bark...
If you are soaking daily, minimal urine or feces will ever touch the substrate in the enclosure.
Use more of the coco coir and then hand pack it down firmly. You don't want it loose like that.Already changed substrate and push the humidity level to above 90.. hope my baby will grow up nicely
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Use more of the coco coir and then hand pack it down firmly. You don't want it loose like that.
Funny. I did that thing. THEN put my Spekes girls in there and it does NOT stay packed at all. They stir it up so the top part dries out too fast, get it in their food, in the track for the sliding glass, etc.
Agreed. I hand pack it down repeatedly and it settles in after about two weeks.Yes.. can't fully compress firmly. But for sure can did better than the photo I posted above. ?
If its drying out too quickly on top, then your enclosure has too much ventilation.Funny. I did that thing. THEN put my Spekes girls in there and it does NOT stay packed at all. They stir it up so the top part dries out too fast, get it in their food, in the track for the sliding glass, etc. Always plowing. They should be farmers?.
You substrate looks too loose and dry.Amend the info. I brought him back for 2 months already.....
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You substrate looks too loose and dry.