This channel has been so helpful for me with my new young desert tortoise, and needs more subs and views! There's not a lot of great RECENT information out there for tortoises but this is one of the good ones. I hope all your babies are doing well. Thank you :)
I love your videos! My leopard tortoise has definitely been doing better after I’ve started watching! One small bit - you should avoiding using scales (which measure mass) to do volumetric measurements (e.g., mL of a solution), because the scale has to assume the density of the thing on it (in this case water, 1 g/mL) - mass = density * volume. Since scales can only measure mass, they’re actually calculating volume BUT it’s only accurate for fluids with about the same density of water. If the concentrated disinfectant was twice as dense, for example, then it would say “2 mL” with only 1 mL of concentrate in the bottle. It’s probably not a big problem, many safe disinfectants are water-based and so are similarly dense, but it’s not something to get into the habit of if you’ve got other ways of measuring volume, like the syringe. For fun, you could calculate the density of the concentrate by takings it’s mass divided by its volume!
Thanks so much, I'm pleased you like the videos 😊 Good point, I was trying to keep the video easy to follow but what you're saying makes perfect sense and ideally people should use the syringe method if they can. Thanks for taking the time to comment and explain clearly!
I can’t find it in France ( I’ve looked on amazon.fr and on reptiles and birds sites ). Any pointers in what to look for to make sure it’s safe for my tort ? Ps: thanks for all your vids it’s really helpful
Unicorn Indy I believe you can get the F10 disinfectant in the US as well (i saw it on Amazon.com)... If not, please let me know & I'll do some research! 😉💚🐢
This channel has been so helpful for me with my new young desert tortoise, and needs more subs and views! There's not a lot of great RECENT information out there for tortoises but this is one of the good ones. I hope all your babies are doing well. Thank you :)
I love your videos! My leopard tortoise has definitely been doing better after I’ve started watching!
One small bit - you should avoiding using scales (which measure mass) to do volumetric measurements (e.g., mL of a solution), because the scale has to assume the density of the thing on it (in this case water, 1 g/mL) - mass = density * volume. Since scales can only measure mass, they’re actually calculating volume BUT it’s only accurate for fluids with about the same density of water. If the concentrated disinfectant was twice as dense, for example, then it would say “2 mL” with only 1 mL of concentrate in the bottle.
It’s probably not a big problem, many safe disinfectants are water-based and so are similarly dense, but it’s not something to get into the habit of if you’ve got other ways of measuring volume, like the syringe. For fun, you could calculate the density of the concentrate by takings it’s mass divided by its volume!
Thanks so much, I'm pleased you like the videos 😊
Good point, I was trying to keep the video easy to follow but what you're saying makes perfect sense and ideally people should use the syringe method if they can. Thanks for taking the time to comment and explain clearly!
I can’t find it in France ( I’ve looked on amazon.fr and on reptiles and birds sites ). Any pointers in what to look for to make sure it’s safe for my tort ? Ps: thanks for all your vids it’s really helpful
Any suggestions for US people to use?
Unicorn Indy I believe you can get the F10 disinfectant in the US as well (i saw it on Amazon.com)... If not, please let me know & I'll do some research! 😉💚🐢