Yoda_the_redfoot
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My Rf is roughly almost 6 months old, I’m having a problem getting him to grow though.
The humidity in his enclosure is at a constant 82-90 percent, hot spot that gets to around 90 degrees and on the cooler side it is around 82ish, he also has a little burrow which stays at about 78 degrees. He gets calcium d3 on his food about 2-3 times a week. I take him outside and give him a bath daily, I also allow him to walk around and soak up the sun for about an hour a day. He is pretty active he has his days where he can be lazy, but even then he will still walk around for about an hour a day outside. His diet is about 80% greens, 15 percent fruit, and 5% protein. As of weight when I first got him about 3 months ago he was 62-65 grams he is now hovering around 70-72 grams. I’m just worried about the fact on how slow he is gaining weight it also doesn’t look like he has grown much. Is it ok that he is growing very slowly because I know every tortoise is different I just want to know if it is ok, or should I be worried
The humidity in his enclosure is at a constant 82-90 percent, hot spot that gets to around 90 degrees and on the cooler side it is around 82ish, he also has a little burrow which stays at about 78 degrees. He gets calcium d3 on his food about 2-3 times a week. I take him outside and give him a bath daily, I also allow him to walk around and soak up the sun for about an hour a day. He is pretty active he has his days where he can be lazy, but even then he will still walk around for about an hour a day outside. His diet is about 80% greens, 15 percent fruit, and 5% protein. As of weight when I first got him about 3 months ago he was 62-65 grams he is now hovering around 70-72 grams. I’m just worried about the fact on how slow he is gaining weight it also doesn’t look like he has grown much. Is it ok that he is growing very slowly because I know every tortoise is different I just want to know if it is ok, or should I be worried