I'm sorry but you need to stop spending money on useless bulbs and get a heater for crying out loud. I'm glad your turtles are still okay but you live in NY and it gets really cold there. Anything below 70 is not good for a RES in fact.



You said you had a night bulb for them? What in the world for! I don't know what your night bulb is, but if your referring to one of those black bulbs (that give out like purple rays or something) I've read stuff that it doesn't improve turltes and if left on long enough, it actually hurts them. Their eyes and their health.



So please get rid of that thing. It's useless. At night you want the turtles in the DARK. They aren't fish so you don't even want to think of leaving a light for them all day 24/7.



With the money you spent on useless things, just use half of that to buy a 15-20 dollar submerssible heater. Set it to 70 or some like it higher for younger turtles, so maybe 75, then let it go. All you need is that Reptile 5.0 light and a basking bulb. Both of those should only be left on during day light (not the entire day, note!) so some say 8 hours or so a day.. I personally just leave it on 6.



So good job but just do the normal thing and get them a heater. They will definatley need it.. I'm suprised they didn't need it when you baught them in janaury! My turtles didn't even eat without my submerssible heater and I live in California.

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