finally finished

[heyprettyrave]

this is how my finished product came out. though i am not sure if there is enough heat in her enclosure, nor light. should i get another heat lamp?





i think i plan on getting a tube light, so the light goes throughout the enlcosure, but what would you guys suggest?

 

[Cameron]

i prefer mercury vapor bulbs over a heat lamp and a tube light. MV's are two lights in one....heat and UVB.

i really like your enclosure, it looks great.

 

[heyprettyrave]

i worked super hard on it taking all the tips ive gotten over time into consideration
the mercury vapor bulbs...would i find those at like a petstore, and would i be able to use the same domes?
also, whats the difference between them?

 

[Yvonne G]

That is VERY eye-appealing and pleasing to look at. I love the way your "wall paper" matches the Croten plant.

Your tortoise should be very happy in there. Good job!

 

[terryo]

It's very nice. I would suggust a long tube 5.0 UVB on one side and a heat emitter on the side where the hide is.. At night you could turn off the tube light and keep the heat emitter on 24/7. It's a Redfoot...right? I keep a lot of soaked and squeezed out long fiber moss in the hide so he has to dig his way in. This way it's warm and humid in there. Just a suggestion....your enclosure is very nice.

 

[chadk]

What are your temps? You need to know the hot basking spot, cool area, and warm area. Humidity would be good to measure as well.

 

[Candy]

I agree with Terry if it's a Redfoot Tortoise they don't need all of that light all of the time. Your enclosure is very nice I was looking for a picture of him in there but there wasn't any, do you have some? If you need more heat just lower the heat emitter down a little. He does need a cool side. I find Dale a lot of the time on the cooler side in the morning time, but Ruby and Eddie are always on the warm side. I think this is because they are babies.

 

[DAC8671]

Now I have my facts mixed up. I thought the mercury bulbs were bad for tort's eyes. Which bulb is bad for them?

Your enclosure looks great, btw!

 

[heyprettyrave]

she is a red foot. and today it got really hot in there, 89 degrees when i got home(now) although i seem to be having trouble with the humidity it was at around fifty when i got home. how could i raise that? also i dont have a lid for her enclosure..do i need one?

and what kind of moss would be good for inside her hide? right now i have an exo terra forest moss (tropical terrarium substrate) would this work forr inside her hide?

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and here is a recent photo of Ophelia from last week in the garden

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also, your saying i could turn off the light at night time? i have a night time light for her in her enclosure...should i not have that on??

 

[khanvict]

pretty tortoise and enclosure. you did a wonderful job i think. you have a small hide at the top (or back & center i guess near the temperature gauge) and am wondering what that is 'cause i've been wanting to put a tiny bowl-shaped-burrow-type like that in mine but don't know quite what to use.

 

[terryo]

She is a beautiful Redfoot. If you have a heat emitter then at night you could shut off the light. I keep my heat emitter on 24/7, but shut the light off at night.

 

[heyprettyrave]

well i just dont want it to get TOO hot. its around 74ish in her enclosure now, my room is really warm, and i didnt want it to get too warm in there. so im unsure what to do.

khanvict, whati used was alittle bridge from petsmart that Ophelia can aslo climb under. i did have the back filled up with dirt, but..she decided to move that

 

[Angi]

Very nice. I am working on something simular, so I have a couple questions. What do you have on the walls? How did you attach the lights? How big is it?

 

[heyprettyrave]

this was an old dresser of mine, so id say double the size of her 40 gallon tank ( or larger). and i used heavy picnic tableclothes on the sides and one just for the bottom. and i bought the light stands at petco or petsmart

 

[heyprettyrave]

although.. i am having trouble keeping the humidity up. tips?