Russian Tortoise Tempature
- Thread starter John387
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Hi, John.
Don't have Russians myself but http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/
has the temperature listed at 95 to 100 degrees in the basking spot and then just naturally dropping away from this.
Even dropping into the 60's at night seems to be okay as long as the tortoise is able to heat up again the next day.
So you would appear to be fine.
Don't have Russians myself but http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/
has the temperature listed at 95 to 100 degrees in the basking spot and then just naturally dropping away from this.
Even dropping into the 60's at night seems to be okay as long as the tortoise is able to heat up again the next day.
So you would appear to be fine.
mini_max
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For day that's great. Over time I played around with the temps and found what seemed to suit my tortoise best...that is the temps that kept him most active and healthy. For us that's basking around 95 falling to around 73. Then dropping to high 60s at night.
For night, age of your tortoise and how humid you keep your enclosure need to be factored in. Based on personal experience, I think over 70 is better for babies. When ours was smaller I wasnt using night heat, and the temp was dropping to low 60s and he got an RI.
For night, age of your tortoise and how humid you keep your enclosure need to be factored in. Based on personal experience, I think over 70 is better for babies. When ours was smaller I wasnt using night heat, and the temp was dropping to low 60s and he got an RI.
