Trixxy
New Member
Hi, I have just bought a new viv for my tortoise. His old one was 2 foot tall and his new one is 14 inches tall inside. I don’t know what’s the best way to heat it as the basking spot I have currently is about 6.5 inches including the bulb. If I put this in his new viv there would be about 7 inches from the bottom of the lamp to the bottom of the tank, the Tortoise is around 3.5 inches tall , laeving a gap of only 3.5 inches between the top of the tortoise to the bottom of the lamp. I would think this would be way too close but I don’t know what to do, is there a better way of heating the viv or can you get a lower profile lamp or anything? I’ve seen the ceramic heat lamps but I’ve always thought the tortoise needs the light as it’s more of a focused patch of heat, rather than a more general spread of heat?
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