I Love Tortoises
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Hello folks. I use a infrared bulb (not CHE) for my tortoises basking spot during the daytime. I have seen some people say the infrared is bad for daytime basking spot because their tortoises try to eat the substrate but my tortoises don't do that and they seem to care about the food more than the infrared light. What do you think about it? And i also have a stone under the bulb and they love to sunbath under there. And one more question: I have their stone that I put their greens on near the bulb. Although the food doesn't get hot, some light still gets to the food. Is it harmful? (Im asking this because the infrared bulb also produces some UVA.) Here's a picture of Phoenix basking under the bulb: