Temps too cold at night?
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60 f is fine for Russians of any age....at night time
Meg90 said:
Yes it has never gone below 61. I do have a space heater in the room that I turn on when I go to bed, so his enclosure might get a little warmer when I'm asleep!
Thanks Meg and Kelly!
Sometimes my adult breeding group's enclosure will get into the high 50's at night. It's rare, but it happens in the winter. They have never showed any adverse affects. They live in the basement, but my younger ones live upstairs where it is a bit warmer. I still would be fine with them going down that low. They are built to take that kind of climate. They are not a tropical tortoise. Actually my red foot's only night time heat is a heating pad on the side of his hidebox. Overall his enclosure gets into about the same range, at night, but he always spends the night in the box where it is nice and warm and humid. He sure loves that box 
Good luck with the tortoise! Russians are my favorite
Good luck with the tortoise! Russians are my favorite
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Low 60's, even as low as 55 degrees is fine at night for Russians and Northern Mediterranean tortoises as long as temperatures during the daytime reach normal activity levels.
Russian tortoises are very accustomed to a 15-20 degree or more temperature difference from day to night. As are most Northern Mediterranean tortoises.
Russian tortoises are very accustomed to a 15-20 degree or more temperature difference from day to night. As are most Northern Mediterranean tortoises.
I'm in So Cal - and my russians are outside at night when the day temperatures are over 70. It gets down to the 40's at night, but as long as it stays warm during the day (it's been in the 70s) they still come out to sun and eat like pigs.
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