Hello! I'm new to tortoise keeping and am struggling with head and humidity.
I have a redfoot tortoise, only 3-4 months old. He has a 4'×2'×2' enclosure with an acrylic pane covering about 75% of the top of the enclosure. The (ambient) temperature during the day stays at 85° F. There's UVB light that stretches across the entirety of the enclosure and he has a basking light. What I'm struggling with is keeping that temperature at night. I purchased a 100W ceramic heat emitter hooked up to a thermostat but even that doesn't seem to keep it above 75. His substrate is topsoil, coconut husks, and sphagnum moss. Currently there isn't a drainage layer, I am planning to incorporate that in next cleaning. In the meantime I mist the cage 1 - 3 times a day. Maybe my humidity measure is incorrect but it only stays around 60%. Any ideas on how to keep him warm and comfortable?
The picture of the enclosure was before I had the UVB and heat emitter, heat lamp is 1ft away from the substrate.
I have a redfoot tortoise, only 3-4 months old. He has a 4'×2'×2' enclosure with an acrylic pane covering about 75% of the top of the enclosure. The (ambient) temperature during the day stays at 85° F. There's UVB light that stretches across the entirety of the enclosure and he has a basking light. What I'm struggling with is keeping that temperature at night. I purchased a 100W ceramic heat emitter hooked up to a thermostat but even that doesn't seem to keep it above 75. His substrate is topsoil, coconut husks, and sphagnum moss. Currently there isn't a drainage layer, I am planning to incorporate that in next cleaning. In the meantime I mist the cage 1 - 3 times a day. Maybe my humidity measure is incorrect but it only stays around 60%. Any ideas on how to keep him warm and comfortable?
The picture of the enclosure was before I had the UVB and heat emitter, heat lamp is 1ft away from the substrate.