We have a wood tortoise box but covered the wire. Not too worried about wood rot since it is just temporary due to size anyway. After all the advice, we may even do an outdoor enclosure for the summer. I saw the heat pad actually used on top instead of bottom but it is just a backup incase...
Sorry more questions since there is so much info out there that is inconsistent in second guessing myself. I think the Russian we will get will be about 1 year old.
(1) I have an enclosed "house" that is in the enclosed cool side. Is it OK for the humid hide to be in the cool side? I wanted...
Yes a friend has kept turtles for 40+ years and his breeder also has tortoises. It's less of a business and more of a hobby for a retired husband and wife so they aren't worried about profit so much as care and good homes.
The incandescent flood bulb has many colors (warm white, soft white, clear). Do you have a link to one that you recommend?
Is t5ho 10.0 a good choice for uvb?
We are planning to get a well started juvenile and double the table as he gets older.
Thanks for the info. We will switch uvb. I thought sitting it on the top would be too close to him. No? We have other fixtures because we had a veiled chameleon that recently passed after a full long life...
I have read some love MVB and some don't but I don't have a way to mount all that so i was trying the all in one. I've never seen anyone suggest that a night heat source is needed.
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My son and I are setting up an indoor enclosure before getting a new Russian tortoise. We were planning to use a MVB. We got a 100w but it didn't get the basking area warm enough so we got a 160w but I am concerned that if I put it close enough to get the temp correct that it will...