Recent content by MilesD47

Thanks for your help Yvonne!

Does that box come with the fixture/cover as well? I saw those online. What temp does it get your enclosure to, and what do you do for heating when it's off, like at night?

Thanks! The the red bulb is out like baseball player in a squeeze play! We are looking into the radiant panels too, thanks for the tip!

I'm very interested in hearing from some experienced RF keepers, what I've read is all conflicting, but some sources say they are good with low (65ish) night temperatures, if that is true and wont hurt him any we would be able to ditch the night lamp all together. Our home never gets cooler than 70

Thanks for the reply! The red night heat lamp isn't good for him either? We are building the permanent habitat with ceramic heaters... Might need to look into getting it sooner for night time. Our set up keeps the basking area at 90-95 and the ambient area at 80

My wife and I recently got our first tortoise (red foot hatchling). We did a ton of research, set up a nice little nursery habitat for it while I design and build his (or her?) permanent home. However, one thing we never looked into so incredibly deeply was uvb lighting. I mean, we knew we...

Im hopeful it's just a symptom of him getting used to his new home and he'll get a bit more exploratory in time.

Thanks everyone! He finally ate a decent amount this morning... I'm just wondering if his habitat is a little intimidating for him, when he's out for his bath in his little dish he's active (trying to escape, that is) in his habitat hes found a favorite corner under a tree and just hangs out...

My wife joined yesterday, and I just realized we used the same photo of Michaelangelo for our profile pictures... Oh well. My wife and I have three little boys (7, 9, and 12) and now with Mikey too. He's our first tortoise, arrived from Redfoot Ranch yesterday morning. We prepared a tub habitat...