I broke down and bought the solarmeter 6.5 R to help see what is going on. The meter is reading way higher than the chart indicates.
I can't believe i was worried it wasn't enough. It's at least UVI 4.2 (high end of ferguson zone 4) where he liked to hang out under the heat lamp, though I saw...
Thanks for the response. The light has been mounted this way for about 4 weeks. Maybe I should just raise it instead of turning it off? The board isn't screwed down, so that's simple. Do you think his eyes are getting "sun burned?"
No outdoor enclosure yet. We want to build one, but my...
Hi,
New tortoise owner here. Found the guy in my yard and nobody claimed him in the lost and found - so I became a tortoise owner.
He seemed to be doing alright, but today I noticed he was walking around with his eyes closed, and he seemed to be trying to "blink", even though his eyes were...