TORTOISE UV LIGHT

[ashley_moen]

Hello...
I have a baby sulcuta and I was just wondering if i need a uv light. i have done a lot of research and i think i am doing everything correctly as far as feeding and probiding for my baby.

i take him out four to five times a week for 30 minutes in sunlight to get uv.
is this enough?

 

[Yossarian]

Have a read below, it sounds like it should be enough.

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

www.tortoiseforum.org

 

[Chubbs the tegu]

Hello...
I have a baby sulcuta and I was just wondering if i need a uv light. i have done a lot of research and i think i am doing everything correctly as far as feeding and probiding for my baby.

i take him out four to five times a week for 30 minutes in sunlight to get uv.
is this enough?

Yes. If ur baby is getting a couple hours of sun per week then no need for uvb light.

 

[Tom]

Hello...
I have a baby sulcuta and I was just wondering if i need a uv light. i have done a lot of research and i think i am doing everything correctly as far as feeding and probiding for my baby.

i take him out four to five times a week for 30 minutes in sunlight to get uv.
is this enough?

Most of the care info you find or hear for this species is old, out-dated, and wrong. Outside of this forum, our new better info is starting to mix with the old info. Some people are starting to get the idea and some aren't. Its a bit mixed bag of contradictions now, unless its just all the old consistent wrong info. Read that care sheet from Yossarian for the most current and correct info. A few years from now we will know more, and I'll update it again.

The amount of time you've had you baby outside is plenty. No need for indoor UV in your case. And its also fine to skip a few weeks of outside time when we have our cold rainy winter weather. Just get him in the sun during the warmer winter spells.