My tortoise won't move

[BirdieF18]

Originally Posted by Neddy

Can you please provide temperatures of the enclosures as this is normally the cause of inactive tortoises.

Also when you say clean out do you mean a whole empty and scrub? Tortoises are not good with change so doing full clean outs on a new tortoises home, will probably stress out the tortoise even more.

Look forward to hearing what the temps are, may wanna include what lighting and heat sources you are using

Thanks

Sara x

Oh i didn't know. I gave her a full clean because i thought it was due time for a clean. I do spot checks every day looking for poo's etc. How long should i have waited i heard a month how long should it be.
My Temperature:
Basking During Day-32 degrees Centigrade
Cool end during day-22 degrees Centigrade
Basking end During Night-25 degrees Centigrade
Cool End during night-19 or 20 degrees centigrade

I use during the day a 100 watt pro rep screw basking spot lamp, For UV I use a UV 10.0 tube across the whole enclosure.

At night I either Use a 100 watt ceramic heater or a 60 watt Pro Rep red night spot lamp.

Could someone advise me should i stop using the red spot lamp it seems quite bright I got assured by the pet shop assistant it would be fine but i will run it by you guys. It is very bright i think it might be disturbing her sleep it certainly disturbs mine. If needed I could post a picture of it lit up at night time and you could see how bright it is.

[EJ]

Try closing in a small area near the ceramic heater at night to bring up the night time temperatures. The daytime high can be brought up a little also.

Originally Posted by BirdieF18

Oh i didn't know. I gave her a full clean because i thought it was due time for a clean. I do spot checks every day looking for poo's etc. How long should i have waited i heard a month how long should it be.
My Temperature:
Basking During Day-32 degrees Centigrade
Cool end during day-22 degrees Centigrade
Basking end During Night-25 degrees Centigrade
Cool End during night-19 or 20 degrees centigrade

I use during the day a 100 watt pro rep screw basking spot lamp, For UV I use a UV 10.0 tube across the whole enclosure.

At night I either Use a 100 watt ceramic heater or a 60 watt Pro Rep red night spot lamp.

Could someone advise me should i stop using the red spot lamp it seems quite bright I got assured by the pet shop assistant it would be fine but i will run it by you guys. It is very bright i think it might be disturbing her sleep it certainly disturbs mine. If needed I could post a picture of it lit up at night time and you could see how bright it is.

[tootsieroll61]

Hope your tortoise is on the mend soon x

[JoesMum]

At night time, after lights out, when the room is dark, try moving your tort under the ceramic heater with th red spot off. See if that makes a difference in the morning.

I do this with Joe and he's much better in the mornings. If there's any light, he'll just head for his shelter.

[EJ]

I have tortoises that have incandescent lights on 24/7 and it doesn't bother them. This tells me they are looking mainly for the heat.