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Okay so I've gone round and round with the whole proper lighting for a Russian tortoise thing. My tort has a 150w heat light in the middle of his enclosure and one side he has a 75w bulb for basking that is only on at certain points during the day, I feel like no matter what I do his cage really isn't ever anything above room temp. He never comes out unless it's to eat which I feed him every other day. He has a t8 tube uvb light thing that is way past the date to be changed... I just recently found out they need replaced every 6 months. So I'm just going to go the route of replacing the t8 bulb even though the t5 is supposedly much better. Anyway I live in Florida and I am soon going to be moving to a place that I will be building him an outdoor pen since the weather is plenty warm, if I leave him outside for a few hours at least a day will he be getting enough uvb to compensate for the low output bulb? Also how can I get his cage warmer it's completely open except for a few areas there's boards cuz he tends to try and escape. I'm starting to get really worried about his lack of activity. Thanks, any other advise for him is also greatly appreciated I feel like there are other things I was misinformed on that might need addressing too.
I also noticed a white ring around his shell last time he was out
I also noticed a white ring around his shell last time he was out