My male hermanns has learnt how to climb back inside the house when he is outdoors and walks straight into a wooden floored kitchen. I think he thinks its a game, as soon as we put him out, he comes right back in. So as we cant get a heat source outside atm, we placed a towel with a basking light over it in the kitchen. He now comes inside when it goes grey and basks on this towel. Before this set up, he simply stayed outside and went to sleep until we brought him to his indoor tortoise table to warm up.
Now clearly the best option would be this heat source outside, but as we rent this is currently impossible. So my question is this: what would be the concensus on allowing the tortoise to sleep on this towel at night, which would mean he could go outside as and when he chose in the morning, instead of being in his tort table?
Please remember this is a hypothetical question at the moment, Im just curious as to the response really. He still wakes up and goes to bed in his table, with both his lights and his soil and plants. And also, I live in the county with the most rainfall in england every year, and so when we have weeks of bad weather he would certainly be back in his table.
Now clearly the best option would be this heat source outside, but as we rent this is currently impossible. So my question is this: what would be the concensus on allowing the tortoise to sleep on this towel at night, which would mean he could go outside as and when he chose in the morning, instead of being in his tort table?
Please remember this is a hypothetical question at the moment, Im just curious as to the response really. He still wakes up and goes to bed in his table, with both his lights and his soil and plants. And also, I live in the county with the most rainfall in england every year, and so when we have weeks of bad weather he would certainly be back in his table.