Finished the new outdoor enclosure 24x48 feet. Night box is one designed by Tom, Night temperatures are kept 85-87 degrees hope that is warm enough. Took 1 day for Cosmo and Wanda to go in at night and now a few days later they go in at night all by themselves ( don't know if male or female). They just turned 4 and are doing really well and love all the extra space they now have.Hope this is good for a couple of more years lol.
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85 to 87 is a very high night time temp.
What species are you keeping?
What species are you keeping?
I am guessing Sulcata. Depending on where and how you measure that temp, it sounds high to me too. Unless your probe is up high in the box. I set my thermostat just about 80F for my Sulcata. The humidity you are maintaining could affect this too.
I keep my sulcata's night box at about that temp in the winter. This time of the year I set it at about 70. It never gets down near that. It might be as low as 80° when he goes in for the night, but his body heat will raise the box temp several degrees.
I didn't think cold blooded animals had body heat.
They don't generate their own heat, they acquire it during the day, and bring it into their burrow or night box at night.
I don't know where you are located - that would make a difference. At 4 years, we are not talking hatchlings and your torts are probably at least 15 - 20 lbs by now. If in a very cool area, I would set to 80F. That's all they would need for a night box. If in a warmer area in the summer - that gets 80F+ in the day and nights drop to 60F at the lowest, I would even set lower such as Dizisdalive - at 70F. Save some electricity - the torts don't need it that hot with good outside basking time each day.
