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hi every one i have just brougt a 5 mounth old hermann and i need your help guys as i am new to tortoise keeping i am from the uk and need some good advise with my
baby herman
i am using a 60 watt bulb for the basking lamp and the bulb was 6 inchs from substrate
and the temp is 95 degrees around the bulb area and the temp in the center of my tortoise table was 80 degrees
so i changed the hight of the bulb lenth to substrate is now 12 inches and now the center heat is 72 degrees and around 80 near bulb
i am not happy with this and i am going to buy a 100watt bulb and a new basking lamp with a stand so i an get better heat temp and get the bulb at a safer hight not sure on the best basking lamp and also i am going to turn my basking on at 7 am and going to turn it off at 7 pm
please tell me the thing i am doing wrong thanks
baby herman
i am using a 60 watt bulb for the basking lamp and the bulb was 6 inchs from substrate
and the temp is 95 degrees around the bulb area and the temp in the center of my tortoise table was 80 degrees
so i changed the hight of the bulb lenth to substrate is now 12 inches and now the center heat is 72 degrees and around 80 near bulb
i am not happy with this and i am going to buy a 100watt bulb and a new basking lamp with a stand so i an get better heat temp and get the bulb at a safer hight not sure on the best basking lamp and also i am going to turn my basking on at 7 am and going to turn it off at 7 pm
please tell me the thing i am doing wrong thanks