too much HEAT

[heyprettyrave]

i moved yesterday and got the terrarium all set up. i live on the third floor. my humidity is up in the high seventys to eighties, but the HEAT was in the high eighties today and it hit the ninties too. this seems TOO HOT to me, but is it ok for them? ive had a fan blowing in there, and its cooled it down to the 85 range. but what should i do? is that too much heat? any suggestions will help

 

[ascott]

Hi...what type of tortoise are you housing?

 

[Madkins007]

An overall 85 with a small area of 90 should be OK, especially if there is a cooler area as well. How are you heating it nowadays?

 

[October]

I had to giggle at 90*. I'll trade you.

The coolest my tank gets is about 81 degrees. And they still hangout on the hot side. So 85ish should be fine. But it depends on what kid of tort you have too.

 

[Fernando]

She has "Redfeet"

 

[heyprettyrave]

well i have two redfoots. and ive had a fan in there blowing to give them some sort of breeze and i think they enjoy that. im on the third floor of an apartment building now, so i think that the heat is rising