Best Baby Tortoise Care Info! Kamp Kenan S2 Episode 18
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What's the best care for your baby tortoise? Kenan Harkin goes over the best choices for you or anyone when it comes to raising a healthy infant tortoise! A must watch for anyone in the hobby, filled with great tips, economical options and expert advice for these awesome animals ! Enjoy!
I had wire fencing on one side of my tortoise enclosure, and they were always pushing at it. I had no idea it was stressing them out so badly! I actually paused this video in the middle, rant out to the yard, and got some boards. Within a minute of my replacing the fence with boards, they all calmed down and went back to roaming the rest of their space. Thanks to you, my guys are now much happier!
Kenan, I just want you to know that you turned me into a turtle and tortoise loving guy. I'm not sure what I was before but just watching you with the animals and all the passion has changed my life forever!
0:14 "...that will definitely make your tortoise happy"
*baby tortoise in the bottom right desperately trying to escape*
You are honestly the most informative reptile keeper !! you make your points but make it so it's not confusing . keep up your great work ! your animals look very healthy and happy :)
Ryan McKay tertll
lol this is non sense...
I've got my first tortoise today and she's perfect. 💜
How is she doing
IVAN I also want to know how she’s been
Five teas later how is it doing
Any updates?
Update please
I LOVE that this video exists. About 8 years ago, I worked at a new pet shop where one of the owners swore that sulcata tortoises didn't need water. Of course, I thought this was insane.
I did tons and tons of research on them during my time off and set up a near perfect habitat for them (I didn't have the damp moss, in a hide for them, because I never came across that, but it sounded like that's a newer realization.) I also did soaks for them in the morning and after we closed. Which I know now is more often than needed.
The owner who said that they don't need water wasn't actually supposed to be in the store. It was supposed to be the other owner and me, but he would come in, change the habitat behind my back so that they didn't have ANY water and the wrong substrate and tell customers that they didn't need water, even though I showed him my research. The other owner talked to him about it too.
It drove me mad, those poor little babies!
I use a kiddy pool for my 2 tortoises and they adore it. Since I live in Nevada mine are desert dwellers and maybe three times a week I let them out of the pool so they can roam around my yard for a bit. They're around 5 years old now and I adore them
Honestly one of the informative best videos I've seen, like it wasn't boring and had a bunch to offer
I could literally listen to you all day! I'm learning loads, thank you Kenan ♥️♥️
Same!
I could literally LOOK at him all day😍 haha. Oh! And I'm learning tons of good stuff too!
I don't have any tortoises. But I keep watching these videos because it's great to watch someone who loves something, in this case tortoises, so much. Your enthusiasm is life affirming. Thank you for the videos.
I just ordered my baby Sulcata today, it’s enclosure is set up and ready to go and all I can say is I am SO excited for it to come in
This was very helpful and i think it would have gone well with my new sulcata, but i wanted to really warn anyone who reads this that plans to get a baby sulcata; so i had the correct and needed lights until my night light for the sulcata broke, so i went to the store and they recommended the red night light, so i bought it.
We had the turtle for ten days by then, and we got the red light on the 7th day. The baby sulcata was very active, well fed (clovers, romaine lettuce, carrots now and then, aloe vera, a tiny bit of strawberry once, etc.) i also soaked it, i took it out everyday for the natural sunlight, but i realized it hadnt pooped, so i checked and i noticed it was blocked. I looked up ways to fix it, and i decided to use tweezers, very thin ones, to clear the blockage and bark from the organic potting soil was pulled out, and my God it must have been so painful.
I thought it would have been fine, i had searched it up and apparently it was common, and about a day or two later i tried feeding it, taking it outside, and it stopped eating and was very inactive, and it was said the turtle not eating was common for shy turtles at a new enclosure, which seemed odd because its past actions proved otherwise.
I took as much of the bark out of the potting soil that day and stopped using the red light immediately, i believed the baby sulcata would be able to fight through it because apparently it was common for them to digest its flooring, but of course i was still worried so before i went to sleep i made sure to spoil it, putting the food and water closer, and when i checked on the baby, which was around 3-5 months old, its mouth would open like it was screaming or crying for help, i didnt know if it did that at night because i usually dont check it at nighttime but i... cant say i wasnt scared for the baby but i chose not to pay too much attention to it.
The next morning.... the poor thing wouldnt wake up. It passed away, and i pray that the baby didnt go through that much pain, but i believe it must have because its little body couldnt handle it in its stomach.
I cant say i blame myself, besides the fact i should have done more research because of my ignorance, i know it may seem odd to some people but i pray the baby Sulcata will forgive me for it. I definitely do not blame Kenan, but i would say im more towards the salesperson who sold the red light, though i dont entirely blame him either due to the fact i dont think they would have sold it if they knew it would cause distortion to its sight and make it eat whatever was red, how it was unnatural like any colored lighting during the night, that it wasnt recommended, as i found on mutiple resources.
Just wanted to let anyone know who gets a rednight light to either not get it, but if you already have it, of course you can change it if you can or so wish, but if you cant please make it a safer flooring for the baby sulcata so it doesnt go through as much pain as mine did.
Sorry for it being so long, but please, out of everything from this comment, at least do some research before buying anything you have little knowledge of before you buy or use it on your animal; this is my request, yes, but any beautiful and innocent living creature under any owners protection doesnt deserve to be put through that much pain as mine did, so please do it for them.
Thank you if you read all of this 😊
Thank you so much for sharing💗
This is the kind of useful and practical advice that this hobby needs. 10/10
Thanks for this video. Our family is day 2 into having our baby Herman tortoise. This video was very helpful. 👍🏻
Thankyou for all the information!! I’m hopefully picking up my tortoise within the next week
Fantastic video and channel! My girlfriend and I were thinking of getting a baby tortoise in September so your channel will come in really handy! Thanks from the UK!
Oli Ebomb did you get it
Kamp Kenan get a horse field tortoise
Did you break up, it's been 5 years lmao
I'm excitedly waiting for my birthday baby sulcata from you and I got a little nervous all of a sudden. This video saved my nerves!! We have 2 Russians that we love dearly but for some reason I got anxious lol! Thank you thank you for all the information and time you share with us. You don't know how much it's appreciated! Love from Texas!!
Purchased a Sulcata this week... I’ve been watching your videos they are VERY informative. Thank you
I live in Puerto Rico and I recent buy a red foot tortoise, about 4 months old from a breeder. This is perfect for red foots since we have a tropical weather and by this seasons there’s a lot of humidity. Definitely I will have my red foot outdoors when it grows up. Also this video helped me a lot since I’m a rookie with tortoises, never had one before but I did my research and this really helped me a lot. I happen to have a vivarium full of plants, so I’m planning to buy some hibiscus bushes to grow my own tortoise food. I was one of those that where worried cause of my tortoise don’t move too much, she likes to be hiding all day, that got me worried a lot but now I’m relief, hope my red foot one day will look as gorgeous as yours
Awesome all encompassing video! Now I can just direct people to this whenever they ask about hatchling tortoise care.
You take good care of your reptiles you take good care of your turtles I just love how you do it
please make more videos
I love this channel. I'm new to the tortoise world and this channel is very informative.
i actually have a small pan full of organic potting soil with some succulents growing so they can graze my sulcatas seem to enjoy it and it makes for a good water supplement
I just got my sulcata today and your videos have helped me so much😌
this is the most helpful video on youtube! i just got an unknown baby mini tortoise and was kinda scared whit caring for it right,but now i know all i need. thanks a lot. need to know more about the hybernation tho.
Thank you so much for your wonderful information. I have gotten two eastern box turtles that will be arriving this week. I will continue to view your site for all the insight that you can give.
Way cool Kenan, thank you!
I use a kiddy swimming pool with beta chips as substrate.
kenan,
Is it necessary to give baby Sulcata grass hay? At a pet store I was told I can use that as bedding too. Can you please do a video about the does & don't of Sulcata Tortoises.
Thanx
Thank sooooo much for sharing your setup!! Rally enjoyed it!
You are the coolest reptile breeder I have ever seen！You are the first one that I knew put pet reptiles into backyard and make so realistic environment for them！😁👍
im instantly falling in love with this guy
Hi Kamp Kenan, thank you for all this well explain information. I live in California/Mojave dessert. I have 2 different spices of dessert tortoise....at first I was worried and nerves on rising this amazing creatures, I have learned so much from your channels, Thank you again I'm your biggest fan!
Doubt I'll ever own any type of reptile but I really enjoy these type of videos 0o
HuzzyGames you have a nice channel
Can I get a price list please 😊
Huzzygames watches this WOW
HuzzyGames tortoises arent reptiles there amphibians, lol
@@dinofam-official1300 I hope you where joking because they are indeed reptiles not amphibians at all not even close. Frogs, caecilians and salamanders are examples of reptiles that are amphibians.
Your are awesome!
I found a baby desert tortoise, cutest thing in the world, I totally fell in love, thanks for your advice!
Michelle
Watching 26/11/23 Thinking where did the time go. And seeing the results of the captain’s hard work 👍💯🖖
This is the best informational video for tortoise care I've found
Amazing video with so much information.
I've just got a sulcata tortoise today and I want to give it the best I can.
I was wondering if I could just use coconut fiber substrate instead of cypress mulch and forest moss to humidify it for my non-enclosed tank? I live near the equator and the temperature is about 30-35degrees everyday and it's very humid.
Secondly, what's the temperature should the basking light be? I have heard that it should be in the range of 70-80 but some at 105-110.
Lastly, right now it's still about 4 months old, I have gotten him some pellet food with calcium(one pellet per day) but should I start giving him other forms of food?
I hope you can help me as it's a life and I want to give it the best I could!
This was super helpful!! I'm a snake girl myself have raised and rescued them over the years. We got out of that for many reason but i got a couple baby tortoises.
I did go build my own tortoise house. Was way cheaper then buying and having to pay shipping. I got both tortoises at same time from same "breeder". After first month I noticed a big difference in their growth. I assumed maybe i ended up with one male and one female. One has not grown at all or much other has tripled in size.
I'm worried there maybe a problem with it.
I just discoverd this channel and thank you for helping me to find my next obsession
This information is going to be very useful for my red footed tortoise
Awaiting my second baby RedFoot Tortoise to arrive any day now, have her enclosure setup and ready to go..I’m super stoked as I was for the first one.
This was one of the best, informative videos that I’ve come across so far! Thanks for your awesome videos and creep it up!
I will be picking up my first tortoise in a week or two...looking forward to follow you both.
Cheers from Sweden
How is your tortoise going?
Thanks for making this video I watch it all day long and always learn something new
Thanks lucas, glad we could help you🤠
I'm in hong kong looking for a tortoise and after the elongated I got so happy. My back yard is perfect!
thanks for the tip about the moss, i was trying to find a way to keep my tortoise's hiding log humid without just pouring water into his enclosure
I really love your videos Kenan, I'm not into tortoises or turtles in the first place, but the way you speak about them, makes it really interesting! I'd love to shake your hand someday!
Can u do a video juvenile tortoise care ? I have a 2 year old desert tortoise and i would love some tips .
Just got a hermonnes tortoise 7 month old for my daughter (from a reputable pet store), I live in the uk and we live little hermon , his part of our family now his a beautiful little fella , we’ve done everything explained in this video for him albeit I do think I might be feeding him slightly to much …. Love your videos mate and thank you for your knowledge 👍🏼💙
Great content on how and what to do. Really appreciate this! TY
Great information here Kenan... Really loved this video.
Thanks for the info!
Great video!
May I ask how much % of bark and organic soil , should I mix ?
Just got my baby Hermann tortoise today, his name is Tony. He has a beautiful little set up, he's even had a bath today. Thank you for your video, as a first time tortoise owner, you want to be sure that what you're doing is right. Just need to get the slight humidity for him and hopefully he'll be very healthy and happy! +kampkenan
How is Tony doing?
love it didnt skip at all thank you helped bunchs kamp kenan!!!!!!!
Really helpful this, thanks kenan. I’m thinking of getting a Greek tortoise. I keep turtles and lizards so I have experience with reptiles, but never tortoises. Do you think that’s a good choice as a first tortoise?
Hi kenan,,i just got my tortoise..how often should i replace the spagnum moss? Should i rinse it again or i replace with new ones?
Thank you so much,You did Awesome I need all that information.Im looking in to getting one.
I’m getting a baby tortoise tomorrow (Russian) and I went to tractor supply got a big wash bucket (4.5 ft) and a hole bunch of soil then for a basking spot a terra cotta dish flipped upside down to hold in warmth then there is organic soil a little bit of mulch on top and then a small dish for water and I’m growing a hibiscus and aloe vera plant in pots that gets taken out for three days a week and put in for four days a week also about 10 inches of soil so they can burrow and finally rocks to go around the bowl of water so they can easily get in and out! One more thing I am getting a palm frond for a hiding spot and some moss!! What else can I add and is it too much dirt??????
Love the channel and this was one of the only vids I watched that didn’t make me scratch my head!! Ahaha
Thank you for your knowledge and information. What a true gift to enjoy your hobby and craft. Peace and love. Pimento
Hi Kenan! I just got myself a baby sulcata and he’s been with me for a little over three weeks. I’m wondering about the following things:
1) how many times should I feed it and how much is enough? I’m currently feeding it endive, chicory and romaine.
2) his enclosure is pretty large (60x80x40) and I’ve placed a wooden hut under his basking lamp and a flat stone under the UVB light. I’m thinking about getting another hut for Jim to escape to and place therein some spagnum moss, since you mentioned that humidity will be good for their growth. What do you think of my current set up and thoughts on getting a second hut?
3) my little baby is a bit of a coward as he sometimes pees when being handled. I’m worried that he’s losing too much water by peeing. Sometimes I see cottage cheese lumpy looking rusted in his clear pee and poop. What do you think about this?
Let me know your answers. And thanks!
I’ve just got a baby sulcata, thanks a lot for your knowledge and so much useful information, I’ve been watching your videos for years and they’re really helpful, greetings from La Palma, Canary Islands
Ok, yes. I need to take GOOD care of my two baby tortoises. And your baby tortoises are VERY beautiful! Thanks ☺️ my father will help me take care of my baby tortoises!
Very Knowledgeable Video....!!!!!
I have one Indian Star Tortoise and one Albino Chinese soft shell Turtle
Me watching all of your videos and have acquired tons of Information from it.....
This has been so helpful! Thank you!
Great video! I love my red foot tortoise, Agatha. She's almost a year old now, and she is awesome. Thanks for helping me confirm that I'm doing everything right:)
Hi. I'm in the UK. There's always rows in fb whether to iuse tables or vivs. Vivs seem a good idea for keeping the heat mor balanced. Anyways I used an indoor rabbit hutch. The plastic type. With a clear plastic top part and a wire top. So heat stays in better than if it was an open table. Torts can't see out. Can also be put out in these on a sunny day x
This was very helpful, thank you! I just received my baby tortoise.
How is your tortoise going? it's been 5 years
@@doomedmoontoday8045 hi
I had 2 red eared for 10 years. Amazingly cool.
But now I want a desert turtle 🐢 as they are easier to care for. Water turtles take constant filtering which is easy if you’re stationary but if you move you gotta make sure you can care for this.
I've wanted a tortoise for 2 years now but i know that I am not yet fit to house one but these vids educate me so much and I want a hermans or a marginated tortoise. btw I really like the tortoise cave video! Look so fun to make! Great work :D
Haha. My dog heard you say water so many times he went and got his water bowl for me. Hello from Ontario!
a guy who is a pro bike rider and an animal lover. that couldn't get any badass than that.
A very attractive man educating me about tortoises. Score!
I’m excited for my tortoise, thinking about naming him Loki. I might get two just to name them Thor and Loki lol but I’ve got to see personalities first (also not a first time animal/reptile owner, have grown up with them so I’m not biting off more than I can chew.)
Thanks so much for these videos! We just got two baby leopard tortoises. We live near Galveston, but with it being cold outside, they are staying inside right now. Would you agree with that? Is it okay to keep them near a window, or is that a no-no? Also, what percent humidity would you recommend? Thanks!
Hi kenan, I’ve done so much research and been watching your channel religiously when it comes to tortoises to find more advice. Have you got advice for a Horsefield Tortoise specifically? I’m getting mixed research on whether they like a moist or dry terrain so would love to know what you actually think. Thanks
Thank you for making this video so informative!!
Mercury vapor bulb is great, I still add extra uvb - some are expensive but if you look hard enough, you'll get one for $12 each 100 watters.
I live in SA and that helps SOOOO much because my tortoises are from this area.
You have definitely helped me Kenan. I think I'm going to get a marginated tortoise next spring after they brumate. Do you have any care advice or essential equipment list for Margies?
Best video out there for my baby sulcata tortoise. Great
Hi, I’ve had my 2 baby red foots for almost a month now. And I just bought some baby chickens and turkeys and I’m planning on building a big outside area for all my animals, the chickens and turkeys will be mostly free range during the day but kept in the run at night. How do you feel about me keeping all of them together it will be over 28’ long and 14’ wide with there own garden.
Thank you for this video, it really educated me more about tortoises, i have a leapord tortoise so ill be doing some shopping for her... Quick question, the basking lamp does it need to be on all day and all night long?
Wow sure love this guy....so helpful and seems very kind.
I know that this is an older video but I was wondering how long you would keep a baby hermans tortoise in that plastic cement mixing box? is that just for showing us easier or can you keep them in that for a year until they get bigger? hopefully you respond thanks!
Hi new tortoise pet owner here! I just have a quick question about feeding the tortoises. 3 times a week, but how large would the portions be?
thank you for such great videos!
I just receive a baby leopard tortoise and he is the greatest!
recently I noticed his under belly shell is a little pliable.
my set up is practically identical to yours except I have a little bone in the arena and use coconut coir/alfalfa pellets.
I spray calcium on his food three times a week.
should I be worried? any help is greatly appreciated!
*cuttle bone
I am really confused on lighting for tortoises. For the basking bulbs, do you leave them on at night? Also, are there any lights that you need to buy for the nighttime?And, one last question, what are the pricings for your tortoises?
most of the time in Thailand i have 37 degrees celsius/100 fh. my 2 sulcatas are about 5 months old. at night they sleep in their terrace enclosure - without radiation. in the morning they come to a larger enclosure on the terrace and in the afternoon they are in the garden. now in the rainy season the sulcatas get a few hours of UVB/UVA light.
Hey there it was a very helpfull video thank u for sharing with us. Well I have a pair of star Tortoise and they have laid eggs 3 times. Well I tried my level best to hatch them and waited for couple of months but no use. If would be glad if u can give me some suggestions regarding that.
Just bought one for my daughters .. hope she lives for a long time
Hey Kenan. Which species would you recommend me to get? I live in Toronto, Canada so I'm not sure if that will determine which species I should raise.
hey Kenan I have a cb baby sulcata and wanted to know if I can get a substrate that my sulcata can burrowing because he likes to make holes in the corner of my repti bark substrate to sleep but the layer is to thin. should I just put more or mix the repti bark with the soil you said on the video. btw love your videos showed me a lot of turtles and tortoises. yours videos are the reason I love reptiles and the push to buy my baby Zeus my sulcata tortoise thanks and keep it up!
Thanks Kenan ur awesome! Just got me a baby sulcata.
Great videos, I’ve seen so many and this is the best one!
hi i love the video! i was doing my research because i’m thinking of buying one of these and don’t they need a heating light? or can they go without them?
+Kamp Kenan would you say it's save to keep a Hermann's tortoise outside in Berkeley, CA? Just substring about whether an outdoor setup would be recommended, we're the same latitude as Athens but it can get cold at night and in the winter. Thanks for your help, great video!
i think i am buying a greek turtle and you really helped me with the light problems i didnt know about!
Thanks for the help ordering my red foot rn!
Hey. I love your vids. I have a couple of questions. Can you use sand for sulcata tortoise? And are you gonna be at the oaks pa reptile show on July 25th?
+Gator Sprinkler mixture of top soil and coco coir is much better.. sand, I don't think so, it can be easily ingested.
Thank you so much! I wish I had known this a few weeks ago.
camp "i live in south florida" kenan lol but great video, great tips.