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He has a heat mat for the night but pet shop owner advised it wouldn’t be needed during summer months. I’ll start turning it on at night and see how he feels. Thank you for your advice!

30 degrees C basking temperature 12 hours a day, and I’m not 100% at night but I doubt it’s less than room temperature which is 20 degrees C? I read that Horsefields can withstand quite cold temps at night because they are from the desert. Also, today when he had a runny nose it was right...

My horsefield tortoise (Aubrey Graham) is blowing bubbles from his nose. He is about 1.5 - 2 y/o, but only 2 weeks since I got him from the pet shop. In the past two weeks it has happened every so often. Is it worth a trip to the vet? I’m worried he has a respiratory infection... or is it most...