However wattage is associated with heating which your turtle s home needs as well.
Box turtle heat lamp.
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There s a confusing array of reptile heat bulbs you can use in your box turtle s habitat.
For small aquariums around 55 gallons.
Watts aren t that important in selecting your turtle heat lamp.
The heat lamp is there to provide the heat that the turtles would have gotten from the sun while they are in their tanks.
The very first thing you have to do is to get both uva and uvb lights for turtles.
During the cooler winter months and for box turtle hatchlings or sick box turtles you should keep the heating lamp on for up to 14 hours a day.
So you know you need to keep your box turtle nice and warm.
The sun is up for just 12 hours and that is the amount of time the heat lamp should be on.
During the warmer summer months 10 hours a day should be enough.
Here s how you determine the turtle heat lamp wattage you need.
So that means some kind of heat bulb.
Zoo med nocturnal ir heat lamp a basking lamp without the bright light of other basking bulbs.
Coitek 50w reptile aquarium heat lamp with clips pet heating light lamp with 2 uva uvb bulb baking lamp adjustable holder clamp lamp for reptile lizard turtle snake e27 110v 23 99 23.
Supplies heat light and uv rays uva and uvb.
Zoo med powersun uv bulb a mercury vapor lamp that does it all.
And to do that you need some kind of heat source.
That is more than enough to regulate the body temperature of the turtle.