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2steps

12-03-2010 08:22 PM

Broght my baby home :)

I brought my baby horsefield home today, put him into his table and he has buried himself almost completely. I paniced when I went to look and couldn't see him anywhere! Is that ok? He hasn't eaten either

EquestrianBabe

12-03-2010 08:24 PM

Burrowing is completely natural for tortoises, so don't worry. They mightn't eat because it has just arrived. :D Take this as normal behaviour.

Bindi

12-03-2010 09:13 PM

Give him a nice bath tomorrow, it will give him the chance to drink, and possibly stimulate his appetite. Don't worry if he doesn't eat for a few days it may take him a little while to settle in. Hydration is the most important thing so regular baths are imo essential :-D
What temperature is it under his basking light?

TortBabe

12-03-2010 10:00 PM

We got 2 Tunisian babies today :-), one ate after a while, one didn't and at 5 pm they took themselves off and burrowed under this big viv plant I have in their enclosure! I bathed mine twice today, and will continue to do so xx

EquestrianBabe

13-03-2010 01:03 AM

Yep, :D I was raging, Mums ate and mine didn't. Were we supposed to buy their appetite too, lol? I suppose since mine is smaller it has a smaller sweet tooth for lettuce :) I'm starting to make no sense since I'm trying to be funny to keep my eyes open!

2steps

13-03-2010 10:41 AM

Thanks guys :) He's been awake in the night as he's now half buried somewhere else. My house is really cold and I'm a bit worried about the temperature. It's 28 degrees under the heater but 15 degrees at the other end of the table. I have an infra red lamp that I use for brooding chicks (to give them heat) would it be safe to hang that over the table to increase the temperature?

I had the heater running and it had been higher than that but now the weathers turned colder again and there is no heat in that room so I can't have that on to help

2steps

13-03-2010 10:52 AM

Also I wondered how sensitive is their hearing?

EquestrianBabe

13-03-2010 04:47 PM

They can hear a little bit, I think.

Bindi

13-03-2010 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 2steps (Post 359103)

28 degrees is a little low, it really needs to be about 32ish under his basking lamp and in the low 20's at the cool end of the table. What lighting do you use at the moment?

re the infra red light, some would say that it's not ideal as it is an unnatural light i.e red. Perhaps others would like to comment on this?

2steps

13-03-2010 07:10 PM

Thanks, I have a ceramic heater and a 110w bulb, one on each side of the table and the UV tube is the whole width of one end.

Maybe it'd help if I explained my set up? In my hallway we have two wall in cupboards, one was basically a 'junk' room so I cleaned it out and built a table to fit with storage underneath.

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