tgirl23
Member
Hi,
I live in Southern California where the weather is generally warm to hot most of the time. We are going to build our tortoise enclosure and I'm wondering do you need to have a source of powered heat in the hide for night time or those random days that it gets chilly. I've read people have dog houses and put straw in there or cold frames. Would that be good enough? The tortoise is an adult so not a fragile hatchling. I would like him to live outside on a full time basis.
Also Do people in Southern Cal hibernate/brumate their tortoises?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I live in Southern California where the weather is generally warm to hot most of the time. We are going to build our tortoise enclosure and I'm wondering do you need to have a source of powered heat in the hide for night time or those random days that it gets chilly. I've read people have dog houses and put straw in there or cold frames. Would that be good enough? The tortoise is an adult so not a fragile hatchling. I would like him to live outside on a full time basis.
Also Do people in Southern Cal hibernate/brumate their tortoises?
Any advice would be much appreciated.