Tortoise not wanting to move around a lot!

[Oliverland]

Oliver my hermann’s has lately been just sitting under his hide and when I try to pick him up and bring him out to eat or at least move, he will eat a little and then go back to his cave and sleep. I have found that Oliver has also been sleeping more than normal. He sleeps about all day and only is awake for like 4 hours a day. I am a little worried. Does anyone know what is wrong. He also lives inside.

 

[Tom]

What are your four temperatures? What size enclosure? What substrate? What type of lighting/heating? UV? What type of UV bulb? What size is he and how long have you had him?

 

[Yvonne G]

It would help us to help you if we could see pictures of the tortoise inside his enclosure, please.

 

[Oliverland]

Today he seems to be better! I think it was too cold yesterday. The room i have him in has very bad ventilation. At night it is too hot and in the day it is too cold. His cage is 4 ft long 2 ft wide and he is 5 in long.

 

[lou.and.noodles]

Today he seems to be better! I think it was too cold yesterday. The room i have him in has very bad ventilation. At night it is too hot and in the day it is too cold. His cage is 4 ft long 2 ft wide and he is 5 in long. View attachment 295013View attachment 295014

If you're worried about the temperature of your tort's enclosure, I would recommend getting a ceramic heat emitter. They don't produce any extra light and do a great job of keeping the enclosure warm. You can get a pretty good one on amazon plus an E26 or E27 socket for it. Just make sure to turn it off at night so your tort doesn't overheat

 

[Oliverland]

I have a baby room heater, it helps a lot and is not dangerous to him. Though I forgot to turn it on.

 

[LasTortugasNinja]

I have a baby room heater, it helps a lot and is not dangerous to him. Though I forgot to turn it on.

A timer plug works wonders. I use them all the time.

 

[Oliverland]

I have one for his lights but it does not have enough room for the heater. I think I just need to keep it at the same temp because sometimes I turn it down at night and forget to turn the heat up later.