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Hi,
I m a new member, who received an young hermann a few days ago, as described in my presentation thread, where you can see the tortoise and its enclosure.
I have a few questions:
- one thing kinda worries me. My turtle doesnt sleep under the dead leafs, nor under the little hideout I made for her. She prefers to sleep near the warming light. Does that mean she is cold? Lights are on from 9h00 to 19h00 only.
I put thermometers at each corners of the enclosure. During the day the temperature on the cold side is 24°. On the warm side it is 28° degrees (in the shade, just under the light it is probably 30 or 32°)
During the night both side are between 20 and 24°.
Isn't the tortoise supposed to sleep on the cold side of the enclosure or at least dig and hide in a corner? how do your hermann's sleep?
- Should I let the turtle eat as much as it wants or should I limit the quantity of food, a bit like what one would do for a dog not to become too fat?
- Another worry, very often the tortoise rubs her eyes with its front legs. At first I tough it was because some mudd was going in her eyes (she was very dirty at that time). Looking closer I seen a very tiny red insect running on its head! I beleive it was a spider mite. nothing to worry about?
- the pet shop painted a very ugly number on the shell of my tortoise. Is there a way to remove it without hurting the turtle or can I only wait for it to go away by itself?
I m a new member, who received an young hermann a few days ago, as described in my presentation thread, where you can see the tortoise and its enclosure.
I have a few questions:
- one thing kinda worries me. My turtle doesnt sleep under the dead leafs, nor under the little hideout I made for her. She prefers to sleep near the warming light. Does that mean she is cold? Lights are on from 9h00 to 19h00 only.
I put thermometers at each corners of the enclosure. During the day the temperature on the cold side is 24°. On the warm side it is 28° degrees (in the shade, just under the light it is probably 30 or 32°)
During the night both side are between 20 and 24°.
Isn't the tortoise supposed to sleep on the cold side of the enclosure or at least dig and hide in a corner? how do your hermann's sleep?
- Should I let the turtle eat as much as it wants or should I limit the quantity of food, a bit like what one would do for a dog not to become too fat?
- Another worry, very often the tortoise rubs her eyes with its front legs. At first I tough it was because some mudd was going in her eyes (she was very dirty at that time). Looking closer I seen a very tiny red insect running on its head! I beleive it was a spider mite. nothing to worry about?
- the pet shop painted a very ugly number on the shell of my tortoise. Is there a way to remove it without hurting the turtle or can I only wait for it to go away by itself?