Hey guys, so happy I found this amazing site! I'm Brittany and the proud, but incredibly nervous owner of a 1yr old Sulcata named Dozer. (I've had him/her about 4 days now)
We live down in Louisiana, nice and humid. But for right now, Dozer is in a temporary indoor 10 gallon tank. He's got cypress bedding and I use a powersun 100w during the day since it's still pretty rainy and chilly here. And a night black heat bulb at night. The place where I bought him was just feeding him romaine lettuce. I've ordered Mazuri and will be planting some grass and other recommended goodies for him, but he's on a spring mix right now. I tried adding red bell pepper, but he's just not interested. Honestly, he isn't interested in doing much but giving me the evil eye.
His temp on the warm side is in the 90's and about 85 on the cool (I know, not much of a variant, but hopefully I can fix that when his larger tank comes in on Friday.) I struggle with the humidity. It never seems to want to go above the high 60's. I mist everyday and the past two mornings I've giver Dozer a soak.
I guess I'm just really worried because he was so active in the store, but it seems like I am doing nothing right for him now. He barely seems to eat (and only when I'm not in the room) and he rarely does more than bask in a hole he's dug right under the light. No bowel movements. Not interested in his hide. Just wants to sleep in the same spot all day. I tried taking him outside yesterday, but he seemed pretty intimidated and the sun was hidden behind the oncoming rain clouds.
Is there anything more I can do? Is he still just adjusting? I just worry the poor guy is going to get sick.
I'll try to get some pics posted once his new place is up. Thanks in advance.
We live down in Louisiana, nice and humid. But for right now, Dozer is in a temporary indoor 10 gallon tank. He's got cypress bedding and I use a powersun 100w during the day since it's still pretty rainy and chilly here. And a night black heat bulb at night. The place where I bought him was just feeding him romaine lettuce. I've ordered Mazuri and will be planting some grass and other recommended goodies for him, but he's on a spring mix right now. I tried adding red bell pepper, but he's just not interested. Honestly, he isn't interested in doing much but giving me the evil eye.
His temp on the warm side is in the 90's and about 85 on the cool (I know, not much of a variant, but hopefully I can fix that when his larger tank comes in on Friday.) I struggle with the humidity. It never seems to want to go above the high 60's. I mist everyday and the past two mornings I've giver Dozer a soak.
I guess I'm just really worried because he was so active in the store, but it seems like I am doing nothing right for him now. He barely seems to eat (and only when I'm not in the room) and he rarely does more than bask in a hole he's dug right under the light. No bowel movements. Not interested in his hide. Just wants to sleep in the same spot all day. I tried taking him outside yesterday, but he seemed pretty intimidated and the sun was hidden behind the oncoming rain clouds.
Is there anything more I can do? Is he still just adjusting? I just worry the poor guy is going to get sick.
I'll try to get some pics posted once his new place is up. Thanks in advance.