Hey from Oklahoma!!!

[keyah]

Horace and I are new here, I've had him for a full week now and he's doing great! my only concern is his enclosure. I can't seem to get it above 72 degrees, any suggestions??! I'm currently using a mix of coco bedding and reptibark. the humidity is btwn 75-80 at all times

 

[RosemaryDW]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Taylor T.]

It needs to be above 80 degrees in there at all times. try putting aluminum foil over the top to keep the heat in. Those analog thermometers/ hygrometers are extremely inaccurate, and should be replaced with a digetal one with a sensor probe. He needs a basking spot of 90-95 degrees.

What type of UVB bulb are you using? Do you give him soaks daily? Here are care sheets:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

 

[keyah]

It needs to be above 80 degrees in there at all times. try putting aluminum foil over the top to keep the heat in. Those analog thermometers/ hygrometers are extremely inaccurate, and should be replaced with a digetal one with a sensor probe. He needs a basking spot of 90-95 degrees.

What type of UVB bulb are you using? Do you give him soaks daily? Here are care sheets:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

ahh ok I will replace the thermometer soon then, thanks for that I did not know!! I soak him 10 minutes once a day, that's usually when he does his business. I use a 75 uvb..I never thought about foil,I bet that would help alot!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hi

 

[Yvonne G]

With all that humidity, you'll soon have a pretty sick tortoise unless you can get the temp up in the 80's. I don't know of any UVB bulbs that are only 75 watts. Is it a compact fluorescent bulb? They put out hardly any heat at all.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Welcome from South Florida

 

[keyah]

With all that humidity, you'll soon have a pretty sick tortoise unless you can get the temp up in the 80's. I don't know of any UVB bulbs that are only 75 watts. Is it a compact fluorescent bulb? They put out hardly any heat at all.

oooh noo I dnt want my lil baby to get sick, yea it's a compact I believe, I threw the packaging away so I can't recall right of the bat. I placed foil over the enclosure but it still shows 73 degrees. I'll have to make a trip home and then to the pet store after work today. I'll deff stop by to check on him on my lunch!

 

[Yvonne G]

You need to change out that bulb. They are not meant to provide heat. Either keep the bulb and also set up a CHE:



. . . or ditch the bulb and buy one of these:

 

[keyah]

*update* so I find out that the daytime light is 75 watts but the basking bulb was 60 so I went and got a 100 infrared (as they were out of 75s) and I also got a digital thermometer and now my tank reading is 79.9 so far. I'll give it another hr or so to heat up the entire tank.