Spending a lot of time in water dish?

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ascott

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80 degrees at night and warmer during the day for just about any tortoise species is much too hot.

:D If you are going to purposely increase your humidity (by pouring water directly into the substrate, ideally under the basking light/heat source) you certainly do not want to let your temps fall low---50-60s + constant humidity= can lead to an ailing tort....

Now, if you have a tort that you are not going to add constant artificial humidity to the enclosure then I completely agree here with some species enjoying/tolerating the cooler night temps....but would never mix those low temps with artificial humidity in the enclosure for any species of tortoise....:D

I did not recommend higher than 80 during the day, I simply stated to also leave basking spot as is so the tort has that option remaining in the enclosure....:D:D:D:D:D
 
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