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    Viv help

    We have a tortoise book which it says you need a temperature of 86 and then the heat lamp and it shouldn't go over this as it will be too hot on the tortoises shell? We have the uv light on 12 hours a day and the heat lamp only comes on when it drops below this temperature from the sensor which...
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    Viv help

    The uv lamp runs from one end to the other.
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    Viv help

    I have a uv light and hear lamp...
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    Viv help

    It is set to the basking light, we got a thermostat because we couldn't keep a constant temperature it was fluctuating too much, how do you measure the temperature of the basking light? We cannot move the basking light as its a fixed fixture at one end of the viv. Since living in the uk and the...
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    Viv help

    We have a fluorescent tube which runs from one end to the other and at one end we have a heat lamp, we have a thermostat with the sensor in the middle of the viv set to 86...
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    Viv help

    Well they are just over a year old and the vivarium already has air vents when we got it, but we seem to struggle to keep the cool end cooler than the warm end? The thermostat is set to 86 but doesn't seem to be much cooler at the "cool end" any tips?
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    Viv help

    Hello everybody, I know you all hate vivs but I have to hermann tortoises just a year old now which live in a viv, and in trying to get some new air vents for better circulation but can't seem to find any the right size, anybody on here know of anyone? I have tried pet shops caravan shops eBay...
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