Looking after hatchlings

GemmaR · 03-01-2015, 02:34 PM

Hello,

We have three 5-month old spur-thighed hatchlings. We've put them in a tortoise table with the proper UVA and UVB lamp, daily cuttlefish sprinkled on their food and weekly nutrobal sprinkling. We give them a bath every day and feed them only on weeds (or lambs leaf lettuce if we can't find any). Because they were so young we haven't hibernated them as we have the others but are overwintering them this year instead. They have a heat mat in their bedroom to keep them warm.

We've been really worried about them though because their shells are still a bit soft with a bit of give in it. What else can we do for them?! We're trying really hard to do everything perfectly!! Should we be limiting the amount of food they have access to each day? People seem to disagree about this!

Thanks,

Gemma

03-01-2015, 02:34 PM	#1
GemmaR Junior Member Egg Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 28	Looking after hatchlings Hello, We have three 5-month old spur-thighed hatchlings. We've put them in a tortoise table with the proper UVA and UVB lamp, daily cuttlefish sprinkled on their food and weekly nutrobal sprinkling. We give them a bath every day and feed them only on weeds (or lambs leaf lettuce if we can't find any). Because they were so young we haven't hibernated them as we have the others but are overwintering them this year instead. They have a heat mat in their bedroom to keep them warm. We've been really worried about them though because their shells are still a bit soft with a bit of give in it. What else can we do for them?! We're trying really hard to do everything perfectly!! Should we be limiting the amount of food they have access to each day? People seem to disagree about this! Thanks, Gemma

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