TmattyD
New Member
My enclosure is 3ft x 4ft and my tort is adult (4in) Russian.
I was using a Flukers Basking Bulk 150W with a temp of 96-98F directly underneath, but it put off a lot of heat and I started to sweat when sitting next to the enclosure (it's in my office). It radiated heat and had a cool side in the farthest corner of 73F. In the middle of the enclosure and in between the cool side and basking side was about 85F about a 2ft radius from the basking bulb. My tortoise was spending a lot of his time in the cool corner trying to escape the light/heat.
So I decided to buy the mini halogen dome and bulbs to find something that would work. The 50-watt halogen bulb was way too hot with a basking temp of 120F. Immediately removed from the enclosure. Tort was never subjected to that heat! I then purchased the 25-watt bulb and it is much cooler with a 97F basking temp but my cool side is now 69-70F. Most of the enclosure outside of the basking spotlight is 73F. I am worried the rest of the enclosure is too cool and the cool side may be too cool.
Humidity ranges from 70% when I spray and slowly trickles down to 40% by the next day when I spray again.
Thanks in advance.
I was using a Flukers Basking Bulk 150W with a temp of 96-98F directly underneath, but it put off a lot of heat and I started to sweat when sitting next to the enclosure (it's in my office). It radiated heat and had a cool side in the farthest corner of 73F. In the middle of the enclosure and in between the cool side and basking side was about 85F about a 2ft radius from the basking bulb. My tortoise was spending a lot of his time in the cool corner trying to escape the light/heat.
So I decided to buy the mini halogen dome and bulbs to find something that would work. The 50-watt halogen bulb was way too hot with a basking temp of 120F. Immediately removed from the enclosure. Tort was never subjected to that heat! I then purchased the 25-watt bulb and it is much cooler with a 97F basking temp but my cool side is now 69-70F. Most of the enclosure outside of the basking spotlight is 73F. I am worried the rest of the enclosure is too cool and the cool side may be too cool.
Humidity ranges from 70% when I spray and slowly trickles down to 40% by the next day when I spray again.
Thanks in advance.