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    Red foot tortoise heat lamp and UVB lamp

    I'm going to built my 7 year old female red foot tortoise a new tortoise table and I'm wondering what heat bulb/lamp is recommended, and what wattage/heat it would need to be, I got recommended a ceramic bulb would be best as it gives out no light. Also what type of UV bulb should I get, a...
    • Viscardi98
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    • ceramic heat emitter ceramtic heat emitter fluorescent heat bulb heat mat heating heating and lighting light fixtures tortoise table uv light
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Tortoise Enclosures
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    Russian Tortoise not eating

    Hello! I have a russian tortoise that is approximately 3 years old. We recently got her July 1, 2018. We used to take her outside for walks when it was warm out. Now we are in the fall and it is too cold for her. She is kept indoors. Last week she started eating less and burrowing. We would...
    • MateyTort
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    • eating problem heat mat heater heating and lighting russian tortoise temperature
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Russian tortoises
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    Worried first time owners (11 month Horsfield)

    Hello guys. I bought my fiancee and I a Horsfield at the start of the year (it was via www.thetortoiseshop.com) and we've called him Peewee. When we got him, he came with a tortoise table, a lamp with a combination UVA/UVB bulb, bedding (I think it was aspen) and the food bowls etc. (I've...
    • BladeBitten
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    • bedding eye problem first time owners heating and lighting horsfield not eating much russian setup
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Russian tortoises
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