Hello, I just got a new baby red foot tortoise.
My initial plan was to get the set up for a yellow belly slider aquatic turtle; so I had gotten a zoo med basking lamp 75w and a zoo med reptisun 10.0 uvb 13w lamp, which I put both of these in one of those combo light fixtures.
I had asked the person I adopted my tortoise from about my lights if they were okay or what he suggested and he said for my tortoise being small and a baby that they were sufficient. I spent a lot of time reading up on many things about caring for red foot tortoise over the night and it just seems like each pdf care sheet is inconsistent to a point.
What would be your suggestion. I currently don't have a 100% complete set up, but I am getting the right things all in one week. I currently have like a long storage container, with the lamps on one side and a place to hide and get away from the lamps. Any tips on lighting would be amazing, as I really do wanna keep my little buddy as cozy and comfortable as possible!
ALSO, another question is it 6-10 inches from the back of his shell? or from the enclosure substrate floor?
My initial plan was to get the set up for a yellow belly slider aquatic turtle; so I had gotten a zoo med basking lamp 75w and a zoo med reptisun 10.0 uvb 13w lamp, which I put both of these in one of those combo light fixtures.
I had asked the person I adopted my tortoise from about my lights if they were okay or what he suggested and he said for my tortoise being small and a baby that they were sufficient. I spent a lot of time reading up on many things about caring for red foot tortoise over the night and it just seems like each pdf care sheet is inconsistent to a point.
What would be your suggestion. I currently don't have a 100% complete set up, but I am getting the right things all in one week. I currently have like a long storage container, with the lamps on one side and a place to hide and get away from the lamps. Any tips on lighting would be amazing, as I really do wanna keep my little buddy as cozy and comfortable as possible!
ALSO, another question is it 6-10 inches from the back of his shell? or from the enclosure substrate floor?