I set up Cleo's, my three toed box turtle friends, new habitat with a new Zoomed UVB light and a few non-toxic live plant. It's set up just like recomended by the forums and Zoo-med 14" from the animal, paralell to the ground.
Here's the weird thing, whenever I turn on the UVB light she immediately hides. She is a very brave and friendly turtle, so this is extremely unusual.
Her set-up has always been near a window and near a "plant light" ( I have come to the conclusing is just an overpriced Florescent tube) so she always gets sun during the early spring and late fall. The summer are spent outside where she choses basking in the sun, swimming in her turtle pool, hiding in the leaves or hiding under shelter at her whim.
This year after reading these forums, I decided she should is not getting enough UVB since it is blocked by glass and the plant light is a marketing scam. So I modified her habitat to include the UVB light, for her post/pre-hibernation times.
Does anyone else have issues with thier box turtle hiding from the UVB light?
Please be brutal I will never be insulted, I just want what's best for her.
Here's the weird thing, whenever I turn on the UVB light she immediately hides. She is a very brave and friendly turtle, so this is extremely unusual.
Her set-up has always been near a window and near a "plant light" ( I have come to the conclusing is just an overpriced Florescent tube) so she always gets sun during the early spring and late fall. The summer are spent outside where she choses basking in the sun, swimming in her turtle pool, hiding in the leaves or hiding under shelter at her whim.
This year after reading these forums, I decided she should is not getting enough UVB since it is blocked by glass and the plant light is a marketing scam. So I modified her habitat to include the UVB light, for her post/pre-hibernation times.
Does anyone else have issues with thier box turtle hiding from the UVB light?
Please be brutal I will never be insulted, I just want what's best for her.