The ceramic heater only provides heat. It is to provide supplementary heat at night. You shouldn't need it by day. It doesn't provide enough heat of the right type for basking.They are not the long tubes so I guess compact. The ceramic ones are coil.
She said he was severely stunted. She gave me some rep cal calcium and is putting calcium in with the fluids. She said it was most likely from how we were caring for him. I feel so bad I didn't realize he wasn't getting what he needed. But it could also be a genetic thing. We are trying to fix what we are doing wrong and see if he starts getting healthier.Did the vet say anything else about his health?
I'd think that a 2 year old Sulcata at 43 g is tiny. My 4 month old Hermann's is 59 g.
Ya we are using a powersun mercury vapor bulb as well as the ceramicThe ceramic heater only provides heat. It is to provide supplementary heat at night. You shouldn't need it by day. It doesn't provide enough heat of the right type for basking.
For daytime, you ate trying to mimic the sun. Your tort needs UVB and also a Basking Light. Basking is essential for your tort to digest food.
You can buy a Mercury Vapor Bulb which provides basking heat and UVB from one lamp.
Otherwise, you must buy both a tube UVB and a separate basking light.
Does a basking light provide the uvb they need too?The ceramic heater only provides heat. It is to provide supplementary heat at night. You shouldn't need it by day. It doesn't provide enough heat of the right type for basking.
For daytime, you ate trying to mimic the sun. Your tort needs UVB and also a Basking Light. Basking is essential for your tort to digest food.
You can buy a Mercury Vapor Bulb which provides basking heat and UVB from one lamp.
Otherwise, you must buy both a tube UVB and a separate basking light.
That is the bulb we use. So it's not coiled shaped.
Ok I will start moistening it. How often should I do the baby food soak? I think he needs them.Yes. Baby tortoises need a humid environment and moistening the substrate helps with that.
The reason for the carrot baby food is because it has the highest vitamin A content.
Brilliant- no compact coil UVB thenYa we are using a powersun mercury vapor bulb as well as the ceramic
Does a basking light provide the uvb they need too?
A mercury vapor bulb is a combined baking light and UVBDoes a basking light provide the uvb they need too?
Whoa! NOT the right link. Same title though. Thank you for catching that.Is that the right link? That seems to be a dispute between a pet owner and the breeder. I have no idea who...or if anyone...was at fault.