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Ok so I've just ordered 2 thermostats for my 1 year old Russian's enclosure. 1 is for her MVB (which will come on and off to maintain A good ambient temp) and the other for the CHE (used for basking and maintaining heat at night). I have a strip uva uvb bulb as well which remains on at all times, as the mvb throws out too much heat to leave on all day and I don't want to deprive her of the uv rays while it's off.
My question is what are the best temperatures to set them at? At present I try and keep the basking area at about 90, the warm end 80 and the cool end 70 but I've never actually known what the best temperatures are for young horsefields.
After losing one tortoise I'm determined its not going to happen again but my little one already has some eye swelling on one side so I want to make sure I have everything right for her!
My question is what are the best temperatures to set them at? At present I try and keep the basking area at about 90, the warm end 80 and the cool end 70 but I've never actually known what the best temperatures are for young horsefields.
After losing one tortoise I'm determined its not going to happen again but my little one already has some eye swelling on one side so I want to make sure I have everything right for her!