Temp for juvenile

galbies

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Hi there,

I'm helping a friend who is new to tortoises and just got a juvenile hermanni. What temp should his basking be at at this age? Thank you! Also what would you recommend for UVB? She has reptisun 10.0 T5 tube but I think it's too far from the substrate - from the zoomed chart it looked like it needed to be at about 10".

Thank you.
 

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So on hermanni haven Chris lists 50-75 for juveniles. This guy is 6".

Also, he just arrived from shipping, got delayed a day by fedex and sat in Memphis for a day. he seems to be bobbing his head with every breath. It's not social bobbing. His head is barely out of his shell. She did soak him and he did poop.
 

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And Thank You Tom, the caresheet is very detailed and helpful. Sorry, we are anxious ....
 
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