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- Jan 21, 2012
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We've just had a seriously hot week her in Cape Town and both Ned (angulate) and our friend's leopard tortoise, Tiberius, have really battled with the heat. They are both outside tortoises who hand out in the garden. They have plenty of shaded areas to be in and have access to water both to drink and soak in. The problem is on such hot days they just hide under plants and sit it out. They don't eat or drink. The weather has now broken and Ned is very active again eating and pooping and pooping and pooping (not diarrhea, just a lot of stored up poop). I know hot weather happens, but I've read stories of tortoises dying from ovr-heating. Any suggestions of anything else I could do to help him manage the excessive heat?