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Bulb is in and working fine. Will have to see how it goes energy use wise! Out of interesting, is there anything wrong with these reptile bulbs - aside from being more expensive? https://www.internetreptile.com/arcadia-reptile-basking-solar-flood-50w-sbf50/

Thanks all. Good advice as always and will test it out first.

Thanks for your reply. Attached is the only other information on the packaging - I can't see anything about angle of bulb. Also below is the link for where I bought it from. https://www.any-lamp.co.uk/standard-incandescent-reflector-e27-r80-75w-230v

Hi all, I've been following advice on this forum for a while to improve everything I can for our tortoise. I picked up on a lot of forums by @Tom and @Markw84 that incandescent bulbs are better for basking than a reptile spot bulb. I'm in the UK and have struggled to find any non-LED ones...

Thanks Mark, 4-5 is what I was thinking as well. Thanks for your comment and I know his pyramiding is worse now. I feel guilty about it but we were sold the normal lies from a pet store where we sought advice when he was found. I’ve been reading a lot on these forums recently, including Tom’s...

Hi folks, Firstly thank you for this forum. I have been using it for a year now to improve things for our tortoise Rodney Trotter (Rodders) and you’ve all helped with many things. My girlfriend found Rodders 2 years ago on the street where we live just outside of London. No one claimed him so...

Very true, good advice thanks.

Hi all, I've been growing food for our marginated tortoise. Growing lamb's lettuce and a mix of weeds from shelled warriors seed mix. It's going well but I've noticed the lamb's lettuce is starting to get powdery mildew. I'm trying to save the crop, but had to pick out quite a lot. Does anyone...