Tortoise without UVB?

[nematoad1998]

Hello everyone! I have a 2 year old leopard tortoise and today her uvb light stopped working. A new one is on the way, but I don't know how long before it gets here. She's getting UVA from one of the heat lamps in her enclosure, but I was wondering how long leopards could last without a UVB light. Also, do you have any ideas of what I could do in the mean time? It's gonna be in the upper 60's for the next few days where i live so putting her outside would be out of the question right? Thank you for reading, and any help would be awesome.

 

[wellington]

It's not a big deal. She will be fine until it gets there

 

[mctlong]

Perhaps a Vitamin D3 supplement in the interim, until your UVB lamp arrives.

 

[wellington]

They don't need the extra d3 while you wait. Too much of d3 is a bad thing. He/they will be just fine.

 

[Tom]

They can go at least a couple of months with no UV with no problems.

 

[wellington]

To clarify. They don't need extra d3 while you wait, not needed, but you can. Too much of the supplemented d3 is not good.

 

[nematoad1998]

Thank you everyone for helping! I just wanted to make sure she'd be okay until she can get some UVB. Thanks again to everyone who posted!