yoda and his hot side.

porter · 23-01-2010, 05:15 PM

hi, yoda my redfoot seems to be constantly in the hot side under a fern hide i have for him. should i raise the temps of the cool side or just leave him to it? he walks around a little untill dinner. i put his dinner on the cool side and he'll go eat it then straight back to the hot side to burrow down for sleep.
my temps are 30- 33 hot side with fern hide. 23-25 cool side (thats with added heater. without it its 19 or below) with plant pot hide. any ideas?
thanks

Box girl · 23-01-2010, 05:20 PM

I would leave it like this you have a very good set up. I would not worry about this behaviour.

Carly · 24-01-2010, 05:30 PM

My star does the same thing. My temps are 31-33 warm side and 22-25 cool side. Even if I put her on the cool side after bathing her, she heads straight to warm end. Suppose I would do the same though

zenhypnotic · 24-01-2010, 09:43 PM

I tend to agree, my horsfield spends hours and hours in his warm end, and sleeps in the cooler end at night. But does tend to nap in the warmth and bask in the heat lamps. So long as he's eating, passing waste, has clear eyes and nose, all should be well. My horsfield always digs, i have him on prorep tortlife and frequently buries himself in the warm end......all part of the fun. J

blazingtortoise · 25-01-2010, 12:49 AM

Wouldn't worry, especially if he can dig down. They only thing you could do to satisfy curiosity would be to swap the hides around or put a fern hide also at the cool end.

porter · 25-01-2010, 01:17 PM

i'm going to try a resin log hide see if that makes a difference. He must just like the warm side

blazingtortoise · 25-01-2010, 05:50 PM

He might just! you could also try a fiddlesticks hide. Bend into low arch they can snuggle under the corners and climb over the top. Plus they are breathable and will also let a little light through. You can get netural stick ones as well as the flourescent coloured ones!

keg · 25-01-2010, 08:00 PM

he will be ok

he should come see nemo

porter · 26-01-2010, 05:19 PM

yoda is now loving his log

must not be a flower pot kinda guy lol i heard nemo and yoda are hitting the town this weekend keg lol

keg · 28-01-2010, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by porter

yoda is now loving his log

must not be a flower pot kinda guy lol i heard nemo and yoda are hitting the town this weekend keg lol

ha ha snaking down town

23-01-2010, 05:15 PM	#1
porter Member Incubating Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: nottinghamshire Posts: 205	yoda and his hot side. hi, yoda my redfoot seems to be constantly in the hot side under a fern hide i have for him. should i raise the temps of the cool side or just leave him to it? he walks around a little untill dinner. i put his dinner on the cool side and he'll go eat it then straight back to the hot side to burrow down for sleep. my temps are 30- 33 hot side with fern hide. 23-25 cool side (thats with added heater. without it its 19 or below) with plant pot hide. any ideas? thanks __________________ Redfoots (Yoda, Dory, Peanut & Horatio)

23-01-2010, 05:20 PM	#2
Box girl Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Glos Posts: 1,326	I would leave it like this you have a very good set up. I would not worry about this behaviour. __________________ www.ukchelonia.info Money raised to Allwetter Zoo Muenster e6000 sent so far. Have bred-red foots, yellow foots, eastern box, 3 toed box, ornate box, gulf coast box, common musk, elongated tortoise, red eared terrapin, cuora flavomarginata, cuora amboinensis, hermanns tortoise, horsfield tortoise, rhinoclemys.p. manni, european pond turtle, reeves and spurs

24-01-2010, 09:43 PM	#4
zenhypnotic Junior Member Egg Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southampton Hampshire Posts: 25	I tend to agree, my horsfield spends hours and hours in his warm end, and sleeps in the cooler end at night. But does tend to nap in the warmth and bask in the heat lamps. So long as he's eating, passing waste, has clear eyes and nose, all should be well. My horsfield always digs, i have him on prorep tortlife and frequently buries himself in the warm end......all part of the fun. J __________________ Jay Horsfield x 1 - Czar Staffy/Fox Hound Cross x 1 - Beau Senegal Parrot x 1 - Harry

25-01-2010, 01:17 PM	#6
porter Member Incubating Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: nottinghamshire Posts: 205	i'm going to try a resin log hide see if that makes a difference. He must just like the warm side __________________ Redfoots (Yoda, Dory, Peanut & Horatio)

26-01-2010, 05:19 PM	#9
porter Member Incubating Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: nottinghamshire Posts: 205	yoda is now loving his log must not be a flower pot kinda guy lol i heard nemo and yoda are hitting the town this weekend keg lol __________________ Redfoots (Yoda, Dory, Peanut & Horatio)

24-01-2010, 05:30 PM	#3
Carly Member Egg Join Date: May 2009 Location: Liverpool Posts: 67	My star does the same thing. My temps are 31-33 warm side and 22-25 cool side. Even if I put her on the cool side after bathing her, she heads straight to warm end. Suppose I would do the same though

25-01-2010, 12:49 AM	#5
blazingtortoise Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 79	Wouldn't worry, especially if he can dig down. They only thing you could do to satisfy curiosity would be to swap the hides around or put a fern hide also at the cool end.

25-01-2010, 05:50 PM	#7
blazingtortoise Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 79	He might just! you could also try a fiddlesticks hide. Bend into low arch they can snuggle under the corners and climb over the top. Plus they are breathable and will also let a little light through. You can get netural stick ones as well as the flourescent coloured ones!

25-01-2010, 08:00 PM	#8
keg Member Egg Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 61	he will be ok he should come see nemo

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