Lights off - Page 2

**Bindi** · 26-08-2011, 06:18 PM

What a fantastic picture, he is dreaming of all those dandies he's going to eat tomorrow

JackieL · 26-08-2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bindi

What a fantastic picture, he is dreaming of all those dandies he's going to eat tomorrow

Haha! Sorry it's huge again! I thought it was automatically resized

Horace2 · 26-08-2011, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by natty

i do a 9 am turn on and a 9pm turn off for most of that they are in there hide at the cool end . but i leave it on because i guess it provides the extra warmth even at the cooler end.

Horace now is at 23c and is in the front room where I have the TV and this computer. Once I go to bed, the room lights out, the temp through the night is around 17c.
If I kept his lights on until 7.pm that would waste money and more important make him uncomfortable?

Kerrison · 26-08-2011, 07:24 PM

Hello everyone!

So glad to see this thread as we just got our first family tortoise which is a Hermanns. We think it is a she as it is able two years old. I am just wondering whether when should her lights be turned off....... there is a basking light at one end (60watts bulb), UVB light along the table, and the thermometer in the middle or the table reads 26 degrees celcius, which is the room temperature in the house. At the moment little tot has gone into it's house, which has straw bedding, and went to sleep. Should I keep the lights on or switch them off? If I switch the lights off will little tot gets too cold in the night?

Sorry for the somewhat naive questions! I want to do the best for our new family member which is yet to be named!

Anita Sayles · 26-08-2011, 07:28 PM

Marley is 14 months, once he beds down under his slate I turn off the UVB.
In the past I've left it on but he never resurfaces.

emma_mcraf · 26-08-2011, 08:25 PM

Fabulous photo Jackie! He's gorgeous!!

burnt toast · 26-08-2011, 10:17 PM

Im still getting used to my torts being outdoors full time & experimenting with their light/heat at the moment. But when they were indoors I always just left their lights on for a minimum of 12 hours (usually longer) I thought they had to be on for that length of time to stop torts going into hibernatin mode. I thought they were aware of the light being on even if theyre in their hide.

Jackie that picture is fabulous!! you should put it in the pictures section, let everyone see it - & what a bargain Ernie was - you must tell us his story?

jeannette37 · 26-08-2011, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JackieL

He's 6 now, I rescued him, paid £20 for him !!!

Ohhh he is so lovely bless him & what a bargain

TortyLady · 26-08-2011, 10:57 PM

Awww i love that picture Ernies gorgeous

natty · 26-08-2011, 11:01 PM

that is just the cutest picture.

26-08-2011, 06:18 PM	#11
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	What a fantastic picture, he is dreaming of all those dandies he's going to eat tomorrow __________________

26-08-2011, 07:28 PM	#15
Anita Sayles Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Plymouth, Devon UK Posts: 1,163	Marley is 14 months, once he beds down under his slate I turn off the UVB. In the past I've left it on but he never resurfaces. __________________ ... Be young, be foolish, but be happy... Life is too short to worry about unimportant things. Reach for the sky, touch your star, and then you find your dream... TheTams - 1965

26-08-2011, 08:25 PM	#16
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Fabulous photo Jackie! He's gorgeous!! __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

26-08-2011, 10:57 PM	#19
TortyLady Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Hull UK Posts: 158	Awww i love that picture Ernies gorgeous __________________ Denise

26-08-2011, 07:24 PM	#14
Kerrison Junior Member Egg Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 8	Hello everyone! So glad to see this thread as we just got our first family tortoise which is a Hermanns. We think it is a she as it is able two years old. I am just wondering whether when should her lights be turned off....... there is a basking light at one end (60watts bulb), UVB light along the table, and the thermometer in the middle or the table reads 26 degrees celcius, which is the room temperature in the house. At the moment little tot has gone into it's house, which has straw bedding, and went to sleep. Should I keep the lights on or switch them off? If I switch the lights off will little tot gets too cold in the night? Sorry for the somewhat naive questions! I want to do the best for our new family member which is yet to be named!

26-08-2011, 10:17 PM	#17
burnt toast Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,246	Im still getting used to my torts being outdoors full time & experimenting with their light/heat at the moment. But when they were indoors I always just left their lights on for a minimum of 12 hours (usually longer) I thought they had to be on for that length of time to stop torts going into hibernatin mode. I thought they were aware of the light being on even if theyre in their hide. Jackie that picture is fabulous!! you should put it in the pictures section, let everyone see it - & what a bargain Ernie was - you must tell us his story?

26-08-2011, 11:01 PM	#20
natty Member Egg Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 81	that is just the cutest picture.

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