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Choosing a Pet Turtle
Pet Turtles: Aquarium
Pet Turtles: Heating
Pet Turtles: Heat Lamp
Pet Turtles: Bedding
Pet Turtles: Basking Dock
Pet Turtles: Filtration System
Pet Turtles: Filtration Bins
Pet Turtles: Top of Filtration System
Pet Turtles: Tubing & Pieces
Pet Turtles: Priming the Pump
Pet Turtles: Diet
Pet Turtles & Salmonella
Handling Pet Turtles
Enjoying Pet Turtles
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Summary: The heat lamp for your turtle’s basking area needs a ceramic top so it doesn’t melt. Learn how to choose heat lamps for your turtle from an industry professional in this free pet care video.
Cordell Jacques has worked in the pet industry for more than 10 years. He is also a reptile hobbyist in one form or another. Jacques keeps more than 20 various reptiles, frogs, fish...read more
"The next thing we need to talk about is the heat lamp and heating, for the basking area, for your turtle. They do need a little bit of a heat lamp, as well, they need an area to get out of the water, to bask with that heat lamp, we'll get to the basking area next but we're talking about the heating here. You're, at least, going to need a heating fixture. It has to have a ceramic top, always make sure it has a ceramic base to it, you never want to buy a plastic one, those melt especially at the temperatures we're dealing with here. You want to make sure it's rated for right wattage bulb, remember we're using this particular one, it's rated for one hundred and fifty watts, so we're going to be good to go. We'll have plenty of space to use with that one. You're going to put this right here on the opposite side of the enclosure, of your heater, in the water and that's just so we're spreading heating around a little bit and we're not heating the one side of the cage, really hot. So this is going to go on the opposite side of the enclosure and you're going to get yourself a red, blue or black bulb to go in there. This is a bulb that's got to be part of the visual spectrum, for the turtle, and you can leave it on twenty-four seven, to give him some heat. You're probably going to be looking somewhere around the hundred watt area. You want to give him a basking area, of somewhere between eighty five and ninety degrees. You'll have to play with your wattage a little bit, to get that, depending on how hot or cold your house is and you'll definitely need a thermometer for that for that, but we'll get to that a little bit later as well. Again, you want to make sure it's a red or blue or a black one, that way you can leave it on, all the time, and it's not going to bother your turtle or stress him out too much."
eHow Article: Pet Turtles: Heat Lamp
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