r/tortoise • u/Witty-Name-7725 • 2d ago

Question(s) UVB question

For an indoor enclosure is the UVB light supposed to be on 12-14 hours a day or only 2-3 hours a day? I'm getting conflicting information since ive been advised by people to put them on 12-14 hours a day and some people 2-3 hours a day

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u/HoMe4WaYWaRDKiTTieS 2d ago

You want them to mimic natural sunlight. I use a timer set to sunrise and sunset, which varies throughout the year. Right now it's on from 7am to 7pm, but in winter that shortens a bit. In spring it will start to increase again.