Hello, I'm a new user and a not-yet-tortoise-owner. I plan to pick one up at the Reptile Expo in Mississauga on April 25th.
I have put together an indoor enclosure, it is 42"x19" in size. Here is a picture:
As you can see I have not yet purchased substrate or "furniture". I'll be relying a lot on TestudoGeek's beginner enclosure thread for how to set up the interior. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!
Finally, the reason I put the enclosure together now was to make sure I could get the temperature into the comfort zone before I put a tortoise in there. Right now the cool area is just 69.1F and the basking spot a measly 79.2F. I'm aware these are too low; based on my research I believe the best range would be 75F cool zone and 90F basking spot. The heat lamp I'm using is a 100W infrared nocturnal incandescent... I am thinking about buying a 150W ceramic infrared heater to replace it. If this is still too little heat I could add a 50, 75 or 100W heat lamp beside it. What do you think? Is there a better way to get the ideal temperature?
Thanks!
I have put together an indoor enclosure, it is 42"x19" in size. Here is a picture:
As you can see I have not yet purchased substrate or "furniture". I'll be relying a lot on TestudoGeek's beginner enclosure thread for how to set up the interior. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!
Finally, the reason I put the enclosure together now was to make sure I could get the temperature into the comfort zone before I put a tortoise in there. Right now the cool area is just 69.1F and the basking spot a measly 79.2F. I'm aware these are too low; based on my research I believe the best range would be 75F cool zone and 90F basking spot. The heat lamp I'm using is a 100W infrared nocturnal incandescent... I am thinking about buying a 150W ceramic infrared heater to replace it. If this is still too little heat I could add a 50, 75 or 100W heat lamp beside it. What do you think? Is there a better way to get the ideal temperature?
Thanks!