kaleemason
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I adopted a 5 year old russian tortoise named Sheldon about 2 months ago. I built a 6 ft by 3 ft table and I wanted to make sure my lighting is okay. I just bought a mvb 160 watt. I also have a 100 watt from his smaller enclosure. Do I use both? Isn't too much uvb/uva bad? Doesn't he need a side of the enclosure to get away from the rays?
I have a cool side of 70s and the warm side is higher 80s. The mvb is 95 at 13 inches away and basking heat bulb on the top of sleep den is 85. He sleeps in his den at night and the temp is around 75 degrees. The side light on the far right is just a regular bulb to brighten up that side. (Otherwise he fights his eyelids on the gloomy days Does this seem okay? I just want to make sure that one light is enough and it looks like a healthy happy home. I do only want the best for him!
I also changed his diet, previous owners gave him pellets/ broccoli/romaine Now he has a huge variety of dark greens with tnt sprinkle 3 days a week. (All the good approved greens and proper amounts) Soaking 2 times a week along with adding water to his food in for extra hydration. I feed him twice a day because when i got him he was skinny and lacking nutrients and dehydrated badly. He is gaining weight and changing to a healthy color I do plan on cutting the feeding amount back but keeping it twice a day. He REALLY likes to eat a small amount before he goes to sleep. Substrate is a good humidity and never to much moisture. He has a hide log, plants, things to climb on/through and a sleeping den.
I hope all this is right? Some things i feel confident about and others i get back and forth research that confuses me. Thanks for all the help if you do reply!
I have a cool side of 70s and the warm side is higher 80s. The mvb is 95 at 13 inches away and basking heat bulb on the top of sleep den is 85. He sleeps in his den at night and the temp is around 75 degrees. The side light on the far right is just a regular bulb to brighten up that side. (Otherwise he fights his eyelids on the gloomy days Does this seem okay? I just want to make sure that one light is enough and it looks like a healthy happy home. I do only want the best for him!
I also changed his diet, previous owners gave him pellets/ broccoli/romaine Now he has a huge variety of dark greens with tnt sprinkle 3 days a week. (All the good approved greens and proper amounts) Soaking 2 times a week along with adding water to his food in for extra hydration. I feed him twice a day because when i got him he was skinny and lacking nutrients and dehydrated badly. He is gaining weight and changing to a healthy color I do plan on cutting the feeding amount back but keeping it twice a day. He REALLY likes to eat a small amount before he goes to sleep. Substrate is a good humidity and never to much moisture. He has a hide log, plants, things to climb on/through and a sleeping den.
I hope all this is right? Some things i feel confident about and others i get back and forth research that confuses me. Thanks for all the help if you do reply!