25-05-2013, 06:58 PM | #21 |
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It would be something interesting to see. I don't know whether you saw the tort that was rescued by a member on the TT forum, sub-adult hermanni I think. Fed cottage cheese and grapes, on woodchips, without water and in a ft sq viv or something like that and had been kept that way for a few years. Seems to have survived and is doing OK now.
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25-05-2013, 11:59 PM | #23 |
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Can anyone tell me what the ideal conditions for an outdoor pen would be ? I have half of it with turned over soil and a couple of pansys in it he gets shelter here too in the form
Of a half plant pot for now (he normally comes in at night as if it ain't screwed down here..) And the other half is just grass which has weeds and clovers in it. Should the weeds maybe be Retained but alot less grass ? More stones or something maybe ?
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Why wouldn't any tortoise benefit from the same setup?
Redfoots come from relatively dry areas for the most part. Quote:
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i think the more natural you can make there enclosures the better , nothing worse than a bland enclosure .
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Totally agree with Karen and also, for med torts outside even on a cloudy day is better than inside under a basking bulb, mine definitely are more active outside in natural daylight. They don't need 32 degrees to be active and interested in life!
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If a warmish sun is out it doesn't matter so much what the ambient temperature is (within reason), radiant heat is far more important than air temp. I put my girl out on her bank the other morning at only 10°C as it was sunny for a change, she got warmer, just very slowly (she is pretty heavy). Regarding UV, there is plenty of it around in the UK, not as intense as the Med but as it is a lot cooler here they can stay out longer to soak it up, my ibera never had UV lamps or D3 supplements and she grew fine and fast. Suppling them with a little extra heat if needed is important, mine has her lamp on for a couple of hours most mornings, it is very useful to have a basking lamp in a nice warm coldframe/greenhouse type setup with a decent sized enclosure attached. |
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27-05-2013, 09:01 AM | #29 |
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Actually the UV level can be just as good as the med, parts of the UK get very intense sun when they get it that is! Scotland I know gets a lot of UV in the summer
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