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I went back to petsmart and got the right fixtures i desired and upped to a 150 w instead of 100w on the ceramic heat emitter and sigh.... it only brought me up to 79/80 F..... I want 90.....I got a UVA/UVB light too i plan to turn on in the day.... any ideas on raising the temp? I added water...

thanks for your advice....and i do not have a tube fixture light in the hood.....i am pretty much left with a tank and no hood..

uh lol I don't think its necessary to show the set up lol its simple.... just a 29 gallon fish tank the walls are about two feet tall or so and I have cypress mulch as substrate and a water dish for the tortoise and my lame ceramic heat emitter lamp pointing down and a towel covering up the...

What uva/uvb bulb w which fixture should I get tomorrow? and which wattage of ceramic heat emitter should i get? i have 100 w so far, should I get 120/etc? I just want the tort to eat already....He arrived on feb 14 and hasn't eaten yet.... I've dipped him in warm water to saturate but otherwise...

The temp is 72 degrees...

sigh yeah that lol.....due to faulty help at petsmart on the right fixtures and bulbs to use i am guessing the temp is in the 70's and I know that isn't warm enough.....I did a warm water soak cause he seemed dry-ish and he perked up and walked around for awhile and looked around fully extended...

I currently have a 29 gallon tank.... I planned to buy a storage bin but was told it was ok at least for now to keep him/her in the current set up....what do you recommend for the fixture and bulb for heating and uva and uvb exposure? I know pretty sad but i need to be directed to which fixture...

hi all thanks for the responses. My tort is a redfoot tortoise that is quite small i am guessing under 10 weeks old. My enclosure is open top for now i used a mesh lid for my old ten gallon to hold up the clamp lamp (flukers) that has the heat emitter all living things brand black bulb in it...

Ok so I went to petsmart to pick up supplies such as lighting and heat sources. The girl got me to buy flukers brand clamp lamp w dimmer used for incandescent light bulbs. She told me to use that fixture w the brand all living things ceramic heat emitter it's black colored ...I think that's...

Thanks all :) I got him from the turtle supply.... Any tips on getting him to eat?

I am a newbie and understand.... I am currently wondering how old mine even is .....he still has a eggtooth and is about 2.5 inches....

thanks for the responses... I saw the exo terra ceramic 10'' lamp fixture on amazon and was planning to get the powersun bulb that is 100w for the enclosure.... for now i have a 29 gallon tank but from reading it is not optimal to use that I plan to get a storage container as the enclosure...i...

thanks everyone :D and the shot is close up but he is about two inches to two and a half inches long.....i am not sure why he still has a egg tooth ....

i attached my new baby redfoot tortoise's pic :D just got him/her today.... pretty sure it isn't 13-15 weeks old...still has its egg tooth, am i right or can they still have it then?

Hey, I have a baby red foot tortoise and I just got him/her today and would like to know the best set up? for now I have the pellet type substrate cause I was told to use that or the forest floor type substrate.... I have a heating lamp used for my iguana but its been awhile and i don't know the...

Thank you :) any clue when they absorb their egg tooth? I wanna pinpoint His or her age... And it keeps yawning here and there I'm worried

Hey thanks for the responses ... He yawns every so often and looks like he's yawning .....he perked Up and looked around and didn't continue to do it eagerly. He did it calmly as if truly yawning ....like not labored looking. I don't recall seeing a egg sac on his abdomen ... But he does have a...

Hi all I just joined up. I received my new red foot tortoise today from turtle source. He/she is about two to two and a half inches long and still has a egg tooth is that still typical of a supposedly 13 ish week old baby??? I took him / her out of the packaging and he/ she was sleeping w eyes...