George's Granny
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Thanks for your welcome Josh.
Have recently become the "Granny" of a Russian Tortoise and am just making sure we are doing our best for him. He is 5 years old and weighs 317gm. He spends most days in an outdoor enclosure of 9 square metres and seems happy with that if not too windy, he loves to burrow and has freaked us out a couple of times cos he blends in well with his surroundings but is, we think, generally safe as the enclosure has 30cm high wall and is on level ground.
I was just reading the post "common mistakes made by beginners" and the biggest thing I note from that is I am not totally sure on the 4 zone temperatures ideal for him, particularly inside, and I have read so many different things on the web hence my joining your forum.
At night George comes in to his indoor house, which will need changing as he gets bigger and once the weather changes. His night time temperature in the house is around 20 degs C. He sleeps in the dark. In the morning we put on his UVA/UVB light and if he feels cool we put his ceramic heat light on until he "activates" and starts moving around. Is 20 degs C high enough overnight? The heat lamp is not situated over his hiding place but is on the other side of his indoor enclosure. Thanks for your help.
Have recently become the "Granny" of a Russian Tortoise and am just making sure we are doing our best for him. He is 5 years old and weighs 317gm. He spends most days in an outdoor enclosure of 9 square metres and seems happy with that if not too windy, he loves to burrow and has freaked us out a couple of times cos he blends in well with his surroundings but is, we think, generally safe as the enclosure has 30cm high wall and is on level ground.
I was just reading the post "common mistakes made by beginners" and the biggest thing I note from that is I am not totally sure on the 4 zone temperatures ideal for him, particularly inside, and I have read so many different things on the web hence my joining your forum.
At night George comes in to his indoor house, which will need changing as he gets bigger and once the weather changes. His night time temperature in the house is around 20 degs C. He sleeps in the dark. In the morning we put on his UVA/UVB light and if he feels cool we put his ceramic heat light on until he "activates" and starts moving around. Is 20 degs C high enough overnight? The heat lamp is not situated over his hiding place but is on the other side of his indoor enclosure. Thanks for your help.