Baby Greek Tortoise Care
Tortoises need to stay hydrated especially when they are young.
Baby greek tortoise care. Every 1 2 weeks soak your tortoise in a bowl of room temperature water for 10 15 minutes to keep it hydrated. We also feed our baby greek tortoise as well as our adult greek tortoise soaked and mushed mazuri tortoise chow available on our website. This can be achieved by spraying down the enclosure every other day with warm water. One section of your tortoise s enclosure should be for basking with a heat lamp that maintains a temperature between 95 and 100 degrees fahrenheit during the daytime.
In the wild they usually hibernate through cooler. Greek tortoises prefer an environment that s between 75 and 90 degrees fahrenheit. Food and water greek tortoises should be fed grasses and mixed vegetables daily. Over supplementation of d3 can be harmful to your tortoise.
They can be fed a variety of leafy greens such as collard greens mustard greens red leaf lettuce green leaf lettuce romaine lettuce dandelion greens hibiscus leaves and. We recommend terrarium moss be used for baby greek tortoises and greek tortoises under 8 months of age to create a humid hide which also is heated in the evenings so that your tortoise can get the hydration it needs for proper shell growth and overall development. A water dish in combination with a substrate that retains humidity see following substrate section will do the trick as well. Feed your tortoise a varied diet and include powdered supplements to keep it healthy.
Next cover the bottom of the container with a combination of earth and sand and provide a shallow bowl of drinking water. If kept outside these tortoises can handle night temperatures that drop to around 65 degrees fahrenheit. At night the enclosure temperature can be between 70 and 80 degrees fahrenheit. When you first bring home your tortoise you should soak it in water a few times a week so it feels fully hydrated making sure to keep its head above water.
Soak your baby tortoise in water a few times a week. Subscribe now for more radical reptiles http goo gl g9y9ts my favorite reptile gear basking lamp fixture. Some tortoise keepers mush them up other try to. Natural sunlight allows the tortoise to produce the perfect amount of d3 to keep it healthy.
To take care of a baby tortoise use a large plastic container as a habitat and set up a heat lamp to maintain temperature and humidity.