Tips for the enclosure

[Oscar Palacio]

Hello everyone, greatings from México.
This is my leopard tortoise "Darwin" i have him for a year now and has grown prety well (i think), this is his inside enclosure, he's too little for the exterior, i just want to know what do you think about it, he have uvb 10 bulb and a spot light connected to a timer for 14 h light 10 h dark, the temperature is 32°C (89°ish F) in the spot and 29 (84°F) in the cool zone, everyday i take him outside for sunbaths at least 2 hours, i just put him grass like 2 days ago and he's more than happy, before I just planted a little grass and some weeds. I feed him whit mazuri and vegetables.
Any tip is welcome, thanks and have a good day.

 

[Minority2]

Your basking area temperature should be around 95-105. If your tortoise is under the basking area all the time it is probably because it is not getting enough heat. 75-80 at the lowest zone. Keeping humidity levels at 80% have been known to produce consistent results in preventing pyramiding.

A closed chamber setup is going to do a better job in keeping humidity levels in check. Your tortoise is ready for an upgrade.

 

[Oscar Palacio]

Ok, i can fix the temp asap easy (i have many heating pads), the humidity is arround 60% but i have seen big black boxes (i think they are for tools) whith yellow lids and tall, those work?

 

[TechnoCheese]

Please give these a read-
How To Raise A Healthy Sulcata Or Leopard, Version 2.0 https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php...ealthy-Sulcata-Or-Leopard,-Version-2.0.79895/

For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata... https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/For-Those-Who-Have-a-Young-Sulcata....76744/

Beginner Mistakes https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/Beginner-Mistakes.45180/

 

[Minority2]

Ok, i can fix the temp asap easy (i have many heating pads), the humidity is arround 60% but i have seen big black boxes (i think they are for tools) whith yellow lids and tall, those work?

You're gonna want to at least get something close to 8 x 4 feet or 6-8 x 2 feet if you plan to house your leopard indoors for another year or two.