jnirvello
Active Member
Is the direct sun too hot for baby sulcatas? I let mine get some exercise in the sun as well as in my back porch.Don't worry about UVB. The sun's UVB passes through cloud. I live in the UK - clouds are a speciality
On cloudy days the problem is whether your tort is warm enough to eat, be active and digest food.
A few days of bad weather aren't a problem; bad weather happens in the wild too. It's prolonged periods of cold weather that are a problem.
Then you have 3 choices:
1. Have an indoor enclosure with heat and UVB lamps. Works for the Testudo and very young Sullies and Leopards, but not an option for large sulcatas and leopards as they need too much space.
2. Have heated outdoor accommodation - a basking lamp in a shelter and a heated nightbox. They can wander outside, but get in when they want to bask.
3. Hibernation - for Testudo, but NOT for Sulcatas and Leopards that cannot hibernate ever.