Rainbow Tortoise
New Member
I recently got a 1 year old horsefield tortoise and thought his temperatures were fine as I was using a 100W bulb and a temperature gage on the side of the cage said it was 30 - 35 degrees Celsius. However I recently got a temperature gun that says the temperature directly under the bulb is around 60 degrees! My tortoise seemed to like the heat as he would bask under it and now I have changed the bulb to a 75W one and it is around 40 degrees but my tortoise seems less active and I was wondering what I should do. Any help is greatly appreciated.