Getting Cold!

With temperatures dropping significantly this week, I'm concerned about my Russian Tortoise living outside. I live in South Florida and rarely see temperatures in the 40s but this week it's forecast to drop to 40, 38, and 43 the next 3 nights with highs of 60 and 62. I'm wondering if my tortoise should be brought inside. It's complicated by the fact that I'm currently away freezing in Nova Scotia so I would need to ask my neighbor to retrieve him.

What are your thoughts?

Thanks!

Patrick Del Pizzo
South Florida

I would bring him in Patrick. I’m in South Florida too and mine are either in the house or outside covered with a heater. Better safe than sorry I think.

I would bring him in too.

If you have an indoor enclosure set up and ready to go, there is no reason to leave him outside. He might survive, but why chance it?