How Many Hours Of Light?

jasonconnolly123 · 20-02-2008, 09:04 PM

How many hours should the lights in the enclosure be on each day for my hermanns as i have bought a timer so i can just leave it on?

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dizzywend · 20-02-2008, 09:08 PM

Hiya

i set mine for 12 hours, but if they have "bedded" down earlier, I do sometimes switch it off a couple of hours early.

Wendy

jasonconnolly123 · 20-02-2008, 09:11 PM

i currently have it set to come on at 7am and off at 10pm is this to long and does it cause any problems? thnx

Ted · 20-02-2008, 09:39 PM

Hi Jason,

i have a timer on my tort lamp too which i change with the seasons, at the moment it is on about 11 hours a day, in the summer i will have it on for much longer than that, maybe 15 to 16 hours per day, if they are not outside. i think this helps with giving the torts a concept of seasons.

Ted

jasonconnolly123 · 20-02-2008, 09:45 PM

ok thanks. what temperature should it be throughout the night time

KayMarie · 20-02-2008, 09:48 PM

Mine comes on around 9 at the minute, cos of temps and I just shut it off when she goes to bed because she's quite sleepy lately.

**sarah** · 20-02-2008, 10:09 PM

Mine are on about 13 hours on average. But if they go to their hides or dig down before this i turn the lights off.

**Eire_Ade** · 20-02-2008, 10:42 PM

Hi Jason,

I have my active UV heat lamp on from 7.30am to 8pm, and is on a timer.

Night time there is no extra heat except for the house ambiant temperature and this rarely drops in the tortoise table under 12 degrees c, this is perfectly ok if it falls to between 8 and 10 degrees on the odd occassion as in the wild some nights are cooler than others.

Ade

jasonconnolly123 · 20-02-2008, 11:52 PM

ok thanks for replys

sandy · 21-02-2008, 07:55 AM

I watch my tortoises for a week or two, to see what time they go to bed. They do get into a
routine. Then set the switch off time to fifteen minutes after they go to bed.

20-02-2008, 09:04 PM	#1
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20-02-2008, 09:39 PM	#4
Ted Member Incubating Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nottingham Posts: 238	Hi Jason, i have a timer on my tort lamp too which i change with the seasons, at the moment it is on about 11 hours a day, in the summer i will have it on for much longer than that, maybe 15 to 16 hours per day, if they are not outside. i think this helps with giving the torts a concept of seasons. Ted __________________ My torts: 0.1.0 T. h. hercegovinensis - Hannah 0.1.0 T. h. boettgeri - Holly Ted - 17

20-02-2008, 10:09 PM	#7
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	Mine are on about 13 hours on average. But if they go to their hides or dig down before this i turn the lights off. __________________ Click: www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk STRUGGLING TO FIND WEEDS? LOOK AT OUR DRIED WEEDS 'READY TO FEED' Home of 'Grow Your Own Food' Bearded Dragon, Tortoise, Rabbit, Hamster seed mixes from 89p FREE POST Livefood, Thermostats, Housing, Heating, Mercury Vapour bulbs, UVB etc etc CHEAP PRICES TORTOISES ARE MY PASSION

20-02-2008, 10:42 PM	#8
Eire_Ade Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 8,422	Hi Jason, I have my active UV heat lamp on from 7.30am to 8pm, and is on a timer. Night time there is no extra heat except for the house ambiant temperature and this rarely drops in the tortoise table under 12 degrees c, this is perfectly ok if it falls to between 8 and 10 degrees on the odd occassion as in the wild some nights are cooler than others. Ade __________________ Ade ----------------------------------------------- Y.O.B 1971 (40 years young! ) My Tortoises :- Dug (Testudo Graeca Ibera Terrestris (Syrian), Penny, JJ (JennyJack), Buttons and Gem (Testudo Graeca Ibera)

21-02-2008, 07:55 AM	#10
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	I watch my tortoises for a week or two, to see what time they go to bed. They do get into a routine. Then set the switch off time to fifteen minutes after they go to bed. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

20-02-2008, 09:08 PM	#2
dizzywend Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North West Posts: 1,678	Hiya i set mine for 12 hours, but if they have "bedded" down earlier, I do sometimes switch it off a couple of hours early. Wendy

20-02-2008, 09:11 PM	#3
jasonconnolly123 Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4	i currently have it set to come on at 7am and off at 10pm is this to long and does it cause any problems? thnx

20-02-2008, 09:45 PM	#5
jasonconnolly123 Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4	ok thanks. what temperature should it be throughout the night time

20-02-2008, 09:48 PM	#6
KayMarie Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire :D Posts: 1,252	Mine comes on around 9 at the minute, cos of temps and I just shut it off when she goes to bed because she's quite sleepy lately.

20-02-2008, 11:52 PM	#9
jasonconnolly123 Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4	ok thanks for replys

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