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Hi would like to know what age/ size I would need to move it from an indoor viv to outside? Also what would I use to heat the outside shed? I live in England it can get cold during winter?
Sulcata outdoor housing
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Argus:
May we know the temperature inside the covered "tortoise patio" when its very cold outside?
Mashton:
You can put a yearling sulcata outside on sunny days in a protected area (protected from the wind), but bring him in at night. You don't want a young sulcata getting any cooler than, say, 70F degrees. It may be cooler than that outside, but in a protected area the sun heats it up warmer.
May we know the temperature inside the covered "tortoise patio" when its very cold outside?
Mashton:
You can put a yearling sulcata outside on sunny days in a protected area (protected from the wind), but bring him in at night. You don't want a young sulcata getting any cooler than, say, 70F degrees. It may be cooler than that outside, but in a protected area the sun heats it up warmer.
What I prefer to do is have a nice big secure well planted outdoor enclosure AND a proper indoor enclosure. Then on fair weather days, the tortoises run around outside in the sun and graze all day. On cold days, they just stay inside.
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In the greenhouse it gets anywhere from. 20 to 30 + warmer in there when sunny out. The other day it was 25 outside an 72 in there. And really humid it actually rains..... Best thing I ever built.
