Cherry Head Environment Questions

PepperJack

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Just wondering proper temp and humidity for my cherry head hatchling. Currently have environment at around 70% humidity and the temp ranging from 70º on one end and 90º one the other. I have water on warm side and the hide on the cool side. Mercury vapor bulb (unfiltered). Just want some advice on proper set up So my tortoise stays gorgeous and shell rot free. Audio should light be filtered, I don't want to cook him.
 

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naturalman91

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i keep my humidity above 80 but not over or not much over 90 and it never falls below 82 degress at night the whole tank besides the basking area obviously is currently 87 (day time) with the basking being 93, with high humidity i'd advise not letting temps fall below 80 with that open enclosure it looks like it maybe hard to maintain a steady humidity if there's anyway you could cover the top that would hold in a lot of humidity alot of redfoot keeps and cherry head keeps that keep indoors like myself find the best is a closed chamber. i just made my closed chamber a few day's ago and i haven't had to mist since making it.
 

PepperJack

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Here is my upgraded enclosure
 

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