BowDownBowser
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Hello, I just got a sulcata yesterday. He is 12 days old and doing very well. Is it possible to have too much UV Light? I currently have a 160 watt MVB that is UVA/B and heat and I am also using a 10.0 UVB fluorescent tube. Is that too much? Another question I have is what should the humidity be in the enclosure? I know it should have some humidity and I'm just curious how people keep it humid since most of the tortoise enclosure's available for sale like zoomeds have a wire top at most. My enclosure ranges anywhere from 45-60% humidity. I am using coconut coir as substrate. It's the brick kind that get soaked before you use them so it is very moist and i mist it with a spray bottle when it starts to get dry. I also use sphagnum moss under his log hide as well as another pile of moss in the open if he chooses to use that as a hide. Is this enough of should the humidity be raised? If so how should I raise the humidity? Another question I have is how should I start switching him to grass hay or is he too young for that? Is there anything else I should know about raising a hatchling? I'm trying to get everything perfect for him. Any tips or tricks to keeping a sulcata happy?