I just have a quick lighting question.
When I got my tortoise his UVB tube light fitting was broken, and his basking (my parents "think" it was a uvb/heat combo but its irrelevant anyway because it was years old) bulb was measuring 50 CELCIUS.
I immediately removed the basking bulb and all I could get last minute was a 3% UVB & heat combo bulb. The heat is perfect.
I've just fixed his tube light fitting too so now we have the proper UVB lighting, should I remove the combo bulb immediately and find a just heat bulb?
Is it possible to have too much artifical UVB if I don't change it? (He is indoor only)
Pictures are of what I believe he had beforehand (but I'd get a suitable one that isn't that hot i think the age of it caused a malfunction maybe) and what I have now (the cheap clip on lamp).
I still have the fitting for the previous bulb. His UVB is the Arcadia fitting and bulb.
When I got my tortoise his UVB tube light fitting was broken, and his basking (my parents "think" it was a uvb/heat combo but its irrelevant anyway because it was years old) bulb was measuring 50 CELCIUS.
I immediately removed the basking bulb and all I could get last minute was a 3% UVB & heat combo bulb. The heat is perfect.
I've just fixed his tube light fitting too so now we have the proper UVB lighting, should I remove the combo bulb immediately and find a just heat bulb?
Is it possible to have too much artifical UVB if I don't change it? (He is indoor only)
Pictures are of what I believe he had beforehand (but I'd get a suitable one that isn't that hot i think the age of it caused a malfunction maybe) and what I have now (the cheap clip on lamp).
I still have the fitting for the previous bulb. His UVB is the Arcadia fitting and bulb.