For what tortoise species ? Tortoises need different night temps.whats the lowest and highest it should be at night?
For what tortoise species ? Tortoises need different night temps.
Lowest 20 C and highest 25 C .eastern hermans
And none get RI or die? None? How weird that here in the states temp drops cause RI's. Perhaps our humidity is higher...I agree they are more fragile than adults but I have allowed it occasionally and they walk to their basking spots easily in the morning. Not saying they should be exposed on a regular base but here in Belgium and the Netherlands most of us keep our hermans outside and temps, even during summer, can take quite a dive a night.
But the baby's and the adults are sleeping now so they are exposed to much lower temps now
As long as they are not exposed excessively long to cold temps combined with rain they are just fine. During spring when it remains relatively cold during the day (I take 15 c as a minimum) they are not allowed to leave their greenhouse which is heated and as long they can warm them selves up easily early morning they are just fine. Never had any issues due to low night temps.
Humidity in Spring and Summer in Belgium is around 75%
So if you heat the green house to optimal overnight temps and make sure they go in every night they'll be healthy and happy...Definitely not Tom. The only optimal temps they will find are in their natural habitat, just like the space they have to rome around and the weeds they will find. I like to keep mine a natural as possible and by leaving them permanently outside in are large enclosure allowing them to graze and access to an insulated night house and heated greenhouse, even with occasionally colder night temps, is more suitable to me than putting them in a much smaller tortoise table with optimal temps.