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Love GardenState TortoiseBy the way you are the guy from GardenStateTortoise ! I'm so glad i found this forum, awesome and really helpfull channel, thank you!
Love GardenState TortoiseBy the way you are the guy from GardenStateTortoise ! I'm so glad i found this forum, awesome and really helpfull channel, thank you!
ahh now i see the differences. yes ExoTerra CFL - definitly hurts my eyes... i'll buy arcadia or reptisun, tube one. Thank you!> i have 25w UVB bulb 10.0 from ExoTerra, distance about 30 cm
Exo-Terra UVB lamps marked "100" are for the forest species, lamps appropriate for the most Testudo tortoises are marked "150".
Another thing, that ExoTerra makes CFL (coiled compact lamps) and tube lamps (which look like older weak T8 lamps). Common recommendation on this forum is to use T5 HO tube lamps for UVB (like Arcadia Desert 12% or ZooMed Reptisun 10.0). CFL can potentially cause eye problems (I take it for granted from Tom's words and don't have scientific proof for that or recommendations on how to use them safely), T8 lamps need to be put really low to provide meaningful UVB levels.
Looks like Arcadia is available here (don't forget to select 24W, 12%): https://www.imcages.com/oswietlenie...t5-uvb-kit-swietlowka-uv-24w-39w-54w-284.htmlahh now i see the differences. yes ExoTerra CFL - definitly hurts my eyes... i'll buy arcadia or reptisun, tube one. Thank you!
I think, he can do a week without UVB just fine.Ok thank you! So i'm going to order arcadia lamp, well it will take some time, there are here in poland too, i guess i will get it next week - so, use that rfl bulb 4h/d now or it is so dangerous that i should avoid it at all and wait for the new lamp?
Bathing should be done in an opaque container and water should be warm at all times. If it cools down, that may be the reason for him to get out. Also, too high water level might stress him (should be up to the line between top and bottom shell).So little update and also question - small guy is doing fine, yet i was "washing" him everyday for about 20-35 minutes, he's not drinking water at all, sometimes he's like trying to lick some stones. He became a little bit stressed from this washings, so i'm going to do that every other day. Food - he want's to eat pellets, hard to make him to eat any kind of herbs and stuff, some aloe, some opuntia, and few bites of rucola or corn salad(not sure about translation from polish) i'm waiting for dandelions in the garden. Also i have camera to see how he's handling while i'm at work, temperatures and humanidity levels are pretty easy to maintain with the new setup. I'm wondering about Mercury uva, ubv lamps. He's spending his time on heat gazing, then hides to one of he's hideouts, i was reading some old threads that mercury lamps are pretty nice, and the uvb emmission will be pretty straight to where he like's to gaze, so is the mercury lamp 80w a good idea too?
He can be *very* stubborn. But eventually he will get used to the "normal food".Ah ok now i understand! Thank you for that answer, so i'll stick to the tubes, and yes - that's what i do, but when he refuses to eat anything else i give him few pellets, i was worried about his starvation but if he won't do that thats good information!
Try romaine or red leaf lettuce,,also collard greensSo little update and also question - small guy is doing fine, yet i was "washing" him everyday for about 20-35 minutes, he's not drinking water at all, sometimes he's like trying to lick some stones. He became a little bit stressed from this washings, so i'm going to do that every other day. Food - he want's to eat pellets, hard to make him to eat any kind of herbs and stuff, some aloe, some opuntia, and few bites of rucola or corn salad(not sure about translation from polish) i'm waiting for dandelions in the garden. Also i have camera to see how he's handling while i'm at work, temperatures and humanidity levels are pretty easy to maintain with the new setup. I'm wondering about Mercury uva, ubv lamps. He's spending his time on heat gazing, then hides to one of he's hideouts, i was reading some old threads that mercury lamps are pretty nice, and the uvb emmission will be pretty straight to where he like's to gaze, so is the mercury lamp 80w a good idea too?