The new growth looks great. The only raised notch I see is the first one, and that is ancient history now.
The temp should never get to 120 anywhere in the enclosure at any time. Something needs to change there. Maybe. lower wattage bulb, or thermostatic control, or both.
I also wouldn't use a "grow" light over a tortoise. They need white light. Grow lights are for plants, not animals.
I don't like my tortoise to have anything other than "white" light during the daytime and I like them to have darkness at night. I've seen several cases where colored lights met with them, but none where a plant bulb did any direct harm other than affecting sleep and activity cycles, appetite, or making them nibble on non-food items.Thank you for the input, helps put my mind at ease! The grow light is for the seedling grasses, pumpkins, etc, I have growing in pots. The seedlings are growing in pots on the cinder block divide that also separates the two tortoises from one another.
Do you suspect the plant light might hurt them? It's only on for two hours a day. It's a strange color. Not white light at all. (I've noticed they start eating immediately when I flip it on, but that's probably my imagination.)
I don't like my tortoise to have anything other than "white" light during the daytime and I like them to have darkness at night. I've seen several cases where colored lights met with them, but none where a plant bulb did any direct harm other than affecting sleep and activity cycles, appetite, or making them nibble on non-food items.
I think that's enough reasons to put the plants someplace else and not near the tortoises enclosure.I don't like my tortoise to have anything other than "white" light during the daytime and I like them to have darkness at night. I've seen several cases where colored lights met with them, but none where a plant bulb did any direct harm other than affecting sleep and activity cycles, appetite, or making them nibble on non-food items.