Matt1769
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I am still a little confused on their lighting and uvb. Can anyone help me out?
Ok thanksAs for all redfoots, they are creatures of the forest floor. They need high humidity in a closed chamber and a steady 80-85F day and night. Use a Ceramic Heat Emitter (CHE) with a thermostat in a closed chamber to achieve this. They don't need a basking lamp, but they do need UVB. The UVB doesn't need to be intense. A 5.0 fluorescent tube will do the job.
What do you mean closed chamber?As for all redfoots, they are creatures of the forest floor. They need high humidity in a closed chamber and a steady 80-85F day and night. Use a Ceramic Heat Emitter (CHE) with a thermostat in a closed chamber to achieve this. They don't need a basking lamp, but they do need UVB. The UVB doesn't need to be intense. A 5.0 fluorescent tube will do the job.
Ok, thank you.A closed chamber is an enclosure with a roof. It must not be open topped. An open top will let the heat and humidity escape.
If you search the enclosures forum you will see plenty of examples.
If/when you can get them outside for natural sunlight, that's the best UVB option.
The care sheet referenced above puts scientists in quotation marks. As a "scientist" I can tell you that most terrestrial animals on the planet derive Vitamin D3 through exposure to natural UVB radiation. It's a required vitamin for survival.
I'm absolutely appalled that a care sheet with such apparent bias and opinion has been added as an important thread to the Redfoot section of this forum. The tone of the lighting discussion is condescending and flippant toward the scientific community, for which we owe a great deal of respect.
I always thought D3 and UVB we’re completely different things. Isn’t D3 a vitamin and UVB is needed to synthesize that vitamin? Does UVB make D3 or just let the torts body use that vitamin whether it’s from supplements or a natural source? This is what I always thought, just trying to educate myself.
Chelonoidis carbonaria occurs primarily in savannah habitats and adjacent forest areas...…………….
C. carbonaria prefers savannahs and open habitats, resulting in the observed genetic structure corresponding to its patchy distribution associated with such habitats...………………..
the extant diversity of C. carbonaria was shaped by dispersal enabled by retreating rainforest and subsequent vicariance caused by forest re-expansion, leading to population fragmentation in ‘savannah islands’.