Humid Hide - whaddaya think? - Page 3

ME SHELL · 29-12-2008, 09:51 AM

Well done Kirkie, it looks great.
If your really that bored you can always go out and look for weeds for me

It is taking me longer every day to find edible weeds.

Kirkie · 29-12-2008, 04:34 PM

Hehehe. I've still got loads. The wonders of tropical London. Shame I've got no torts to feed them to tho.

Paulg1 · 29-12-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirkie

- I'll try and get this economic crisis sorted out before I get my Star Tortoises at the end of January.

Thanks for the nice comments guys

Can you do something about world starvation, disease, and polution while your at it kirkie? Please

Kirkie · 29-12-2008, 10:45 PM

Wish I could Paul, wish I could.

I don't know you make a humid hide, assist in an E Bay tortoise rescue and everyone thinks you can perform miracles!! I am not a saint.

And yes my NYE fancy dress costume arrived today. (you'll have to see my thread in "general").

Paulg1 · 30-12-2008, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Kirkie

Wish I could Paul, wish I could.

I don't know you make a humid hide, assist in an E Bay tortoise rescue and everyone thinks you can perform miracles!! I am not a saint.

And yes my NYE fancy dress costume arrived today. (you'll have to see my thread in "general").

I'm thinking the "Jesus" thing works for you kirkie. Today, humid hide, tomorrow, the red sea parting!

carriemags · 30-12-2008, 12:28 PM

The hide looks great - I'm going to have a go at creating one too.

Carrie

Kirkie · 30-12-2008, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by carriemags

The hide looks great - I'm going to have a go at creating one too.

Carrie

Thank you

It needs to be be high enough that the top of the tortoises shell cannot touch the "roof" and deep enough that they can still access it when its dug down into the substrate.

I've had an idea on keeping the humidity of the substrate within the hide up, base the whole thing on a large plant pot holder dish thing (

)
Err maybe I should post a picture when I get home

alotoffluff · 30-12-2008, 03:52 PM

Hi everyone,
ok, so im being the thick one here, but i have only been a tort keeper for 6 months., do torts have to have a humid hide, and what is their purpose? If so, what do you make them out of?
Great costume by the way Kirkie!!!

Kirkie · 30-12-2008, 04:10 PM

Hi,

The thinking is that in the wild small tortoises spend a lot of time holed up in burrows or in deep vegetation where the atmosphere is quite humid. It's thought that a humid retreat may alleviate the pyramiding of shells to some extent.

It's a complex idea because there is also a theory that in dry times there is little food and therefore growth and that during damp periods there is alot of food and accellerated growth. The combination of a relativly dry captive environment plus plentiful food may be a cause of pyramiding.

Bit rushed but I'm at work.

What costume?

Paulg1 · 30-12-2008, 04:36 PM

What costume! Kirkie is a comedian in his spare time too.

30-12-2008, 04:36 PM	#30
Paulg1 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,116	What costume! Kirkie is a comedian in his spare time too. __________________ 0.1.0 G. sulcata/Larry 0.1.0 G. pardalis babcocki/Leo 1.0.0 G. pardalis pardalis/Tino "Stop the world, I want to get off!"

29-12-2008, 09:51 AM	#21
ME SHELL Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 8,484	Well done Kirkie, it looks great. If your really that bored you can always go out and look for weeds for me It is taking me longer every day to find edible weeds.

29-12-2008, 04:34 PM	#22
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Hehehe. I've still got loads. The wonders of tropical London. Shame I've got no torts to feed them to tho.

29-12-2008, 10:45 PM	#24
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Wish I could Paul, wish I could. I don't know you make a humid hide, assist in an E Bay tortoise rescue and everyone thinks you can perform miracles!! I am not a saint. And yes my NYE fancy dress costume arrived today. (you'll have to see my thread in "general").

30-12-2008, 12:28 PM	#26
carriemags Member Hatched Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 380	The hide looks great - I'm going to have a go at creating one too. Carrie

30-12-2008, 03:52 PM	#28
alotoffluff Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: greenwich, london, previously born and brought up in Kent! Posts: 2,127	Hi everyone, ok, so im being the thick one here, but i have only been a tort keeper for 6 months., do torts have to have a humid hide, and what is their purpose? If so, what do you make them out of? Great costume by the way Kirkie!!!

30-12-2008, 04:10 PM	#29
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Hi, The thinking is that in the wild small tortoises spend a lot of time holed up in burrows or in deep vegetation where the atmosphere is quite humid. It's thought that a humid retreat may alleviate the pyramiding of shells to some extent. It's a complex idea because there is also a theory that in dry times there is little food and therefore growth and that during damp periods there is alot of food and accellerated growth. The combination of a relativly dry captive environment plus plentiful food may be a cause of pyramiding. Bit rushed but I'm at work. What costume?

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