I know I have posted previusly about this, but I'm still not sure which bulb to get for my new Burmese brown. Here are the candidates:
1. Zoomed t5 HO 5.0 strip bulb about 14-15 inches away from tortoise. Will be diluted through a metal screen, and heavy plant cover in the enclosure.
2. Zoomed...
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I'm trying to put together the correct lighting for a hatchling Burmese brown arriving next week hopefully. As of now I am thinking of going with a zoomed t5 5.0 bulb that is about 10 inches from the tortoises shell. I know these guys are forest species and dont love intense...
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I will be ordering a Burmese Brown Mountain Tortoise here in the next few weeks and wanted to get some husbandry issues settled. I recently read Yvonne's post that Burmese Brown's as a forest species do not require a full time UVB bulb, and that she noticed that when she did add a UVB...
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I'm sure this topic has been discussed a lot, but I still wanted to ask the experts. I've had my hatchling sulcata for about 7 months now. He seems to be very healthy, has a voracious appetite and enjoys his soaks. I've noticed that since I brought him home, that he seems pretty...
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So I have noticed that I have a few small winged flea-like bugs in my sulcata enclosure. These are definitely NOT mites. I have waged war on reptile mites in years past with my snakes, and these are not the same. They buzz around the enclosure, and I see some dead on the CHE. They...
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One two occasions when I have come in to check on my baby sulcata, he was on his back. There were no obstructions, or anything to cause him to flip over on. He was in the cool side of the cage, so luckily he wasn't under the heat lamp. One other time, when I was doing some...
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All is going well with my new baby sulcata. He has settled in nicely to his new home that I built, and his temps and humidity are all within acceptable parameters offered by the forum. He has been eating with gusto, everything except the mazuri pellets. He has been chomping down...
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I just wanted to show an update of my new baby sulcata enclosure build. Sorry for the poor lighting. Enclosure is 5'x2'x2.5' of 3/4 inch sanded plywood. I know that this will only last a short amount of time, but I plan on putting other reptiles in here after my guy outgrows it...
i have mentioned this in other threads, but I am finishing a build on a closed chamber plywood enclosure for my sulcata baby. I was originally going to hang two porcelain dome lamps in the enclosure, one for the 100w CHE and one for the 65w flood light. I have now been seeing many awful reviews...
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I am a bit frustrated and confused after reading many of the past threads on here, and the care sheets. I have seen many veteran members recommend MVBs as the best UVB source, yet these usually cant be used in a closed chamber environment.
I am looking to use a 48" Reptisun 10.0...
Ok I am working on my closed chamber for my new sulcata. The only lamps I can find in my area that have a ring on it that can attach to a hook are the deep dome variety. I am planning on having two lamps hanging from the top of the enclosure, one for the flood basking light, and one for the...
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I am a long time boa/python breeder that has decided to get into keeping tortoises. I have spent the last couple years speaking with tort breeders, and doing my own research as well. I always like to build my own enclosures, so I have begun my tortoise table. My hatchling is...