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    Lighting Concerns

    Sorry I meant *2 coil UVBs that I am NOW trying to replace
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    Lighting Concerns

    I have an adult Russian tortoise, but what is wrong with mercury vapor bulbs? Right now he has a ceramic heat emitter, a basking bulb, and 2 coil UVBs that i am not trying to replace. I was going to be using the mercury vapor bulb to replace the coil UVBs and the basking bulb, but keeping the...
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    Lighting Concerns

    Thanks, I just purchased a Mercury Vapor bulb for pick up tomorrow (too late where I am to get one tonight). It looks like it should also help reduce the number of bulbs I'm using and make the whole set up look less cluttered. I'm hoping that my tort hasn't been terribly affected by the coil...
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    Lighting Concerns

    Hi all, It's been almost a year since becoming a tortoise mom, and I was recently looking into creating a kind of cover for my tortoise enclosure inside (due to the possibility of adopting a cat in the distant future but thats a whole other thing). I wandered down several threads and opinions...
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    Checking health

    What if my Tortoise is indoors? We have a hawk nesting and some fledglings nearby and I’ve never felt comfortable setting him up an outdoor enclose. Does this mean he is going to still try to hibernate even though he will stay indoors? If he is going to hibernate, are there changes I should make...
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    Checking health

    What if my Tortoise is indoors? We have a hawk nesting and some fledglings nearby and I’ve never felt comfortable setting him up an outdoor enclose. Does this mean he is going to still try to hibernate even though he will stay indoors? If he is going to hibernate, are there changes I should make...
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    Checking health

    Hey all! I recently became a Russian tortoise mom (about 1 1/2 months ago). When he (Littlefoot) first arrived, he didn’t eat for like almost two weeks. Then he started eating a lot of greens each day. Recently in the last couple days he started being pickier and eating very little compared to...
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