All very contradictory and confusing to be honest … think best just to take advice from breeder as they’re are to many opinions from different people on here
Oh I see thanks for your help I’ve got the uvb light on for 12 hours a day the same as basking lamp.. what hours should I run the uvb light for ? … I’m not sure I need night heating as with everything off the viv is still 19degrees in the morning as my home is quite warm
Thanks for all your help
Hi Thanks for your help yesterday,
I’m looking to change this basking bulb to an appropriate mercury vapour bulb that’s not red and omits UV … do you have a recommendation on what to choose… I also have a UV tube on the Vivarium so not sure if that would be too much
Thanks for your reply can I ask what makes the water dish dangerous as this is what is for sale on most sites as a tortoise drinking/bathing dish. I was also told by breeder to have hot side between 27-34 and the Cool side between 17-22 which I’m currently achieving.
Why is advice so different...
Thanks for reply I’ve posted some photos above
Basking temp is always around 30 and cool side sits about 22
He is very small around the size of a Jaffa cake so I’m assuming he is the age they say he is
Hopefully the images show the equipment I was sold this as a starter kit
A lot of...
Hi I have just bought a bay horse field tortoise 5 months old
Just want some advice to make sure I’m doing things right
He’s not really been eating since I got him and he only ate a small amount yesterday most of what I hand fed him
I did then put in some Komodo dry food which he seemed to...