How long without uva/uvb?
Posted: 07 Apr 2024, 10:19
Hello everybody,
So we've just done a huge spring clean of Gonzales' (9 year old med spur thigh) tortoise table, replacing substrate and rocks/logs/plants and even hoovering underneath it
Unfortunately in our enthusiasm we seem to have damaged both of his basking bulbs as they no longer work and so now he has zero uva/uvb and he can't go outside in his outdoor enclosure at all due to the tail end of Storm Kathleen here in Ireland.
Do I need to go to town and get him replacement bulbs today or can we wait until Tuesday (1.5 days from now) when we will be going in anyway?
Also gonna tack another question onto this one - what do we do with his old topsoil? can we put it in the compost heap or garden?
Thanks,
TP
So we've just done a huge spring clean of Gonzales' (9 year old med spur thigh) tortoise table, replacing substrate and rocks/logs/plants and even hoovering underneath it
Unfortunately in our enthusiasm we seem to have damaged both of his basking bulbs as they no longer work and so now he has zero uva/uvb and he can't go outside in his outdoor enclosure at all due to the tail end of Storm Kathleen here in Ireland.
Do I need to go to town and get him replacement bulbs today or can we wait until Tuesday (1.5 days from now) when we will be going in anyway?
Also gonna tack another question onto this one - what do we do with his old topsoil? can we put it in the compost heap or garden?
Thanks,
TP