Tortoise Forum

I won't be able ti get a 5 for a while had to fix my car. What if I shut the uvb off for a day?

That's what I would do. They only need a few good hours per week.

So, I turned it off and replaced my standard 150 incandescent with a uva basking bulb. His plastron is good and pliable and she'll still hard. I looked at the area around his tail and it looks like a little brown ball or something. I'll take a picture of it and show you.