So what is the most preferred daytime humidity? I sit around 66/67-80.
The OP was asking about optimal conditions for an inside enclosure. So we offered optimum conditions.Has to be atleast 80 degrees at night? It isn’t that warm in south florida at night in the middle of summer, or in Venezuela. I’ve noticed a lot of reactionary, exaggerated information on this forum. Average summer temperature in Caracas at night is 68 degrees. Do you think all the hatchling redfoots find heated enclosures at night in the jungle? Some of the healthiest redfoots there are are raised outdoors in high humidity where temperatures drop to the mid 70s atleast at night, if not the 60s. I’ve kept my hatchling redfoots outdoors in the summer in Tennessee where temperatures drop well below 70 sometimes. And the humidity is 70 to 80 percent. I’ve never had an issue. Do some more research and lay off the drama.
I didn't see the clamps reference.BTW ditching the clamps on the lights may have saved your torts life! The fail and the lights fall
It's little alarming that this is one of your very first posts and it is so argumentative.
I’m surprised by how much arguing there is on this forum, kind of alarming.It's little alarming that this is one of your very first posts and it is so argumentative.
The issue is often due to old information versus new. Some folks are so set in their ways they would rather endanger a torts life than make a change. BTW I have no claim on always being right I get absolutely giggly hen I am mostly right!I’m surprised by how much arguing there is on this forum, kind of alarming.
If you come looking for arguments. You'll find them.I’m surprised by how much arguing there is on this forum, kind of alarming.
Do you have a link for the ropes? Also where do you put them in the substrate? 2, 3 inches down?+1
I use an under tank mounted 15 watt heat "rope". It heats the substrate gradually and never gets too hot to touch. Just warm. The under tank heat pads are indeed dangerous. I had one that overheated and burst the bottom of my tank when water touched the glass.
it would have cooked a tortoise for sure.
The ropes just gently warm the damp substrate and slowly release humidity through the top layer of substrate.
This is just what I use. It's the only source of heat I require in my closed chamber in my 73 degree house.
NoDo you have a link for the ropes? Also where do you put them in the substrate? 2, 3 inches down?
This information is almost exactly 6 years old. And like a lot of the older information out there, my thoughts have changed on heating.+1
I use an under tank mounted 15 watt heat "rope". It heats the substrate gradually and never gets too hot to touch. Just warm. The under tank heat pads are indeed dangerous. I had one that overheated and burst the bottom of my tank when water touched the glass.
it would have cooked a tortoise for sure.
The ropes just gently warm the damp substrate and slowly release humidity through the top layer of substrate.
This is just what I use. It's the only source of heat I require in my closed chamber in my 73 degree house.