red food tortoise light

  1. toothlesstort

    Need help with baby red foot lighting!

    Hi! I'm new to the forum as well as a new tortoise owner and really need some advice. I got a 3-4 month old red foot (named Toothless!) yesterday and set up a small temporary enclosure for it. My main concern is its lighting. I'm currently just using a standard LED bulb (7 watts, warm white...
  2. B

    Tortoise table fluorescent tube fixture

    I'm currently in the process of constructing a new table for my red foot tortoise. I'm going to put in a uvb fluorescent tube but I'm having a problem with actual figuring how to fix the tube to the table. I don't want to use a fixed plastic tube holder as they're heavy, limit how long a tube...
    • Ben1233546
    • Thread
    • fluorescent light fixtures lighting height red food tortoise light red foot tortoise table tortoise enclosure tortoise table uv light
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Tortoise Enclosures
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    What UVB fluorescent for an 8 year old red foot tort?

    Upgrading my current table to a new one, I've been told a uvb fluorescent tube is better than the normal uvb light I have. So my question is, what sort of uvb fluorescent tube should I get (5.0,10.0 and what length)? And what brand (Currently I'm using equipment from Exo Terra, are they good?)...
    • Ben1233546
    • Thread
    • fluorescent light fixtures lightening lighting height red food tortoise light red foot red foot tortoise uv light uv strength uvb
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Redfoot and yellowfoot tortoises
  4. D

    Nervous first time mom

    Howdy, I recently adopted a red foot hatchling, this past Sunday. I have some things that I would like to get some opinions on, to make sure that I give this little fellow a fighting chance. Edwards enclosure consists of cypress mulch, and coconut fiber mixed together. He has a little “cave”...
  5. Anessa55

    Need help with correct lighting for Red Footed Tortoise inside enclosure.

    Hi, just joined because I have so many questions with lighting my tortoise correctly. I used to just have the normal 100 W lights you can get at any pet store from Zoomed. However their bulbs kept breaking on me so I needed a new option. I asked at my local reptile store what can I do...
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