Me and my wife have finally decided to add a sulcata tort to our collection of herps. We picked up an 06 cb tort from a local breeder. He is being set-up in a 20 gallon long aquarium for now. He is being kept in our snake room that is kept at a constant 82 degrees. I know he needs a hotter basking area up to around 100 degrees. He has a shallow dish to allow him to soak and drink. He is being fed a mixture of grasses, weeds, hibiscus leaves and flowers and he will receive a small quanity of vegies once a week. All food is being lightly dusted with phos-free no D3 calcium suppliment. The problem we are having is what wattage of bulb to purchase for his/her cage. Unfortunately we don't have access to a specialty shop and must order online which could get very expensive if we have to buy several bulbs to hit the right temps with sufficient UVB lighting. The bulb will be roughly 14-18" from him if that helps anyone with a suggestion. Thanks in advance for any help from you tort experts.
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles
Various Ball Pythons:::
1.0 striped vanilla
1.2 Citrus Ghost and hets
1.2 Albino and hets
2.3 het Pied
1.1 Pastel (male has additional gene going on with him)
a bunch of female holdbacks and several rescue normal males
0.1 columbian boa, she's a feeding monster, controls my
over production of rats, lol
0.1 brazilian rainbow boa, another rat eating monster
1.1 corns
a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!
