caitturtle
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I accidentally left a CHE lamp on over a flat stone and one side of the stone gauged at 117 degrees. I saw him walk over it this afternoon. Once I realized how hot it was, I turned the CHE off, gave my tort a soak in 85 degree water, checked him all over... But now I am panicking that the stone was too hot for his little feet!
He doesn't seem to have visible signs of blisters or have any issues walking on them. He is very active and walking around. But I am a paranoid owner, and I know better than to have a rock under a basking or heat lamp area... but somehow it was under there today.
Are there any signs to look for if he did get hurt? Is there a temp that is too dangerous? I know they are raised in very hot temp areas and I am sure they have walked over an extremely hot rock or two... but I just don't know how hot is TOO hot!
I also saw in a Facebook group last week, a red foot owner had a heating pad under their tortoise enclosure and it ended up burning two of his feet off due to the excessive heat (huge white-ish blisters where the tortoise's toes were). So I have terrible images in my mind of what he could be going through. I am trying to tell myself that she left the heat pad under his enclosure all night and that tort didn't have anywhere to go, where mine only had a hot spot in the enclosure... but that isn't lessening the panic.
Any advise is helpful! Thank you so much in advance!
He doesn't seem to have visible signs of blisters or have any issues walking on them. He is very active and walking around. But I am a paranoid owner, and I know better than to have a rock under a basking or heat lamp area... but somehow it was under there today.
Are there any signs to look for if he did get hurt? Is there a temp that is too dangerous? I know they are raised in very hot temp areas and I am sure they have walked over an extremely hot rock or two... but I just don't know how hot is TOO hot!
I also saw in a Facebook group last week, a red foot owner had a heating pad under their tortoise enclosure and it ended up burning two of his feet off due to the excessive heat (huge white-ish blisters where the tortoise's toes were). So I have terrible images in my mind of what he could be going through. I am trying to tell myself that she left the heat pad under his enclosure all night and that tort didn't have anywhere to go, where mine only had a hot spot in the enclosure... but that isn't lessening the panic.
Any advise is helpful! Thank you so much in advance!