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So I have three young tortoises and I am keeping my humidity high for them. I am mixing their bedding often but I am still noticing a slight white fungus growing in the bedding. How do I keep it from growing and ruining all the bedding? I am using 50/50 topsoil/coconut coir for their bedding. I...

I have modified my enclosure in the following ways thanks for all the help everyone!!! I got rid of the compact florescent bulb and switched to a t5 tube style light. I also added some basking rocks for them, which should help keep their nails in check as well. I took out the wooden log and put...

Hey all just wondering how you do it. Do you keep the uvb on all day or just a few hours? I have heard and seen both ways here so was wondering which is most common. I turn my uvb on for 3 hours a a day for my torts that is all they seem to need according to those wiser than me. I think this...

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I am wondering if this is usable for desert torts? I see some other people feed it to other types of tortoises. I am trying to add as much variety as I can to their diet and thought this looked interesting. I would not use this as the main meal but more of a topper for them. I currently have 3...

It has been turned off and unplugged never to be turned on again. It has been turned off and unplugged never to be turned on again.

How far away do i want the uvb bulb, I am a bit confused on proper distance. I currently have my reptisun 10.0 bulb about 16 inches away from the animals. Is this too far away? I am very concerned about their eyes now, but cant get a linear setup for a little bit.

Thanks for the explanation , I really appreciate your knowledge and wisdom. Thanks for explaining why, most people just say this is best and don’t provide why it’s the best.

Everything I look at says shipping not available for your area, even Amazon won’t ship them to me.

What makes them better t ok so flood light bulb is the absolute best. Why do the spot basking bulbs make them pyramid? And hot flood bulbs don’t?

Ok so in that case the next best option would be the basking bulb I am using right?

I am a little confused on the incandescent flood bulb. I cannot get those in Ca. You use them because you get them shipped to you by friends. Can I use any flood type bulb that I find at Home Depot type store? Thanks for the “A” I really try.

I want to do it right, I don’t think I’m doing it all wrong but I’m trying to make sure it is the best it can be for my torts

Don’t I want D3 in the supplement because they are indoors right now?

Also how do determine best size fixture for t5 build? Do I want to have it across the whole enclosure or part of it? For example say the enclosure is 2 feet long so I want an 18 in fixture or 24inch?

So there really are no better options to me for the basking light because I can get the best option shipped to me and all others are inferior, correct? I will get a tube type uvb bulb and fixture ASAP. I can’t believe that there is soooo much old outdated information about pyramiding out there...

It is the bent tube but not the coil type. If I can’t get the flood bulbs anymore is there another option? I could switch to a smaller wattage to lower temps or raise the 75w one I am currently using. side note: it seems that everything can cause pyramiding in tortoises, is that just me or are...

I am using a 75w zoo med repti basking spot lamp I am using a repti sun 10.0 uvb bulb. Basking temp: 100-105 warm side: 80-95 dependant on proximity to basking lamp coolside: 75-80 overnight no lower than 70 I am soaking daily and they have access to fresh water always.

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