Tiger Behaviour

[goose]

OK - so I'm not worried because Ivan and Igor are growing fine and seem a healthy weight, and I know Tigers are pretty lazy . But anyone else who keeps Tigers, do yours wake themselves up or do you get them up to eat etc? Their tank is 26-27 degrees and about 90% humidity, they are on capillary mat with a big bowl of coir for burying, they did have a half coconut shell hide but have now grown to big for the entrance hole so I have taken it out in case they get stuck. They spend a lot of their time buried in the coir (which they eat an amount of judging by their poo ;D). Ivan unburies and trundles about occasionally but Igor I think would just stay buried if I didn't wake him up. I am feeding them every other day and otherwise leaving them buried. It this good or should I just leave them to it - ie not unbury them myself at all? Just curious as to other members' experiences with tigers really. Compared to my fulicas which are complete monsters and always searching for the next meal their appetites are completely sparrow like!

[Arno]

I never wake my Tigers up,as long as they haven't got themselves sealed up.The adults are pretty laid back and usually half burrowed beneath the coir and leaves.The younger ones are more active and come out each night to eat and the babies are the most active,they are always up and about.Temperatures aren't that high really,usually around 24 degrees.

[gabi]

My wildcaught tigers get sealed up as soon as temperature drops below 25 and they are only happy and up and around when I have the tank at around 30 degree.
The babies of them like it at around 26/27 degree and have no real problem if this temp drops a bit under this.

The babies I got from Arno are currently on room-temperature (in my home around 23/24 degree. They have no problem at all with this temps and grow well. No clue, why "netherland-tigers" are so easy to care for. ;D

Kind regards,

Gabi

[goose]

Thanks guys - they are never sealed up and I think Anjie who I got them from (they are captive bred) didn't heat them at all. My house is a bit colder though - the tank is about 24 degrees with Arno's pot heater and if I put the the red lamp on it boosts the heat a couple more degrees. Maybe I will leave them completely for a couple of days to see what happens though I suspect Igor won't move at all....! Perhaps he is just exceptionally lazy.

[felix93]

I got Tiger babies from Anjie months ago, those don't come out until at least 11ish at night. If I feed them during the day, they just insist they need their beauty sleep and they don't bother even I bath them. But they do come out on time every night. The temp of my tanks are between 26 - 28C. The substrate is not very damp at all (compare with my other tigers) as I found that they "hate" wet / damp substrate. I have to drain the water out every few days for them. Unless the snails seal up (which have never happened to me here so far) I would leave themn to wake up on their own.

[goose]

OK I'll try leaving them to it , the capillary mat is damp but not sopping wet - same with the coir. They are both very nocturnal and Ivan does come out at night on his own will see what happens with lazy Igor! Thanks