idcowden
Member
Hi all,
I have two tortoises aged 10 months. I'm in Surry in the UK and the weather is currently in the 22-25 degree C bracket, dropping to 12-16 degrees at night.
For the last few days / nights I have been letting the little chelonians stay in outdoor tortoise tables. I moved the tables yesterday as they weren't getting sun until about 10am. They now get sun from about 7am.
However they do seem to have gone off their food a bit over the last couple of days.
One of them was up and about this morning when I went out, the other was still buried in the soil.
They had their morning bath, and took themselves out of it as they usually do. However the perkier one only had a quick nibble then went off to the corner of her table and the other ignored her food and dug herself down again.
Is it just not warm enough for them? Should I bring them back in? There seems to be a lot of conflicting advice about outdoor / indoor etc.
Advice appreciated.
I have two tortoises aged 10 months. I'm in Surry in the UK and the weather is currently in the 22-25 degree C bracket, dropping to 12-16 degrees at night.
For the last few days / nights I have been letting the little chelonians stay in outdoor tortoise tables. I moved the tables yesterday as they weren't getting sun until about 10am. They now get sun from about 7am.
However they do seem to have gone off their food a bit over the last couple of days.
One of them was up and about this morning when I went out, the other was still buried in the soil.
They had their morning bath, and took themselves out of it as they usually do. However the perkier one only had a quick nibble then went off to the corner of her table and the other ignored her food and dug herself down again.
Is it just not warm enough for them? Should I bring them back in? There seems to be a lot of conflicting advice about outdoor / indoor etc.
Advice appreciated.