Temperature for Tony

[Tony The Sulcata]

Hello everyone,

So, Tony is a Sulcata who lives outdoors. He has a lovely house and the run of the garden during the day.
He has a UV basking daytime light and a ceramic lamp (with pulse thermostat) for nighttime.

My question is what temperature should the ceramic lamp thermostat be set to now the weather is turning colder ? I currently have it set to 27°C.
I have a thermometer in the cooler area of the house and that is registering around 16°C at night (the thermometer is some distance from the ceramic bulb and higher than the bulb).

I checked on him last night and he wasn't under his ceramic bulb so I figured he was warm enough but I'm a bit of a worrier so would like some advice to confirm my current set up is OK..

Many thanks (photo of my lovely boy is just to show him off ?)

 

[wellington]

80F a single che will not keep a sulcata warm enough in colder winter temps. Take a look at Tom's night box threads. He along with many of us, use oil filled portable radiator heaters.

 

[Lyn W]

I think our climate is too wet and cold for African torts to live outside during the winter,
Is his house well insulated?
Have a look at the Sulcata caresheet I linked in your Readigrass thread for the temps Tony needs.

 

[Tony The Sulcata]

Will do. Yes, his house is very well insulated ?

 

[Markw84]

Hello everyone,

So, Tony is a Sulcata who lives outdoors. He has a lovely house and the run of the garden during the day.
He has a UV basking daytime light and a ceramic lamp (with pulse thermostat) for nighttime.

My question is what temperature should the ceramic lamp thermostat be set to now the weather is turning colder ? I currently have it set to 27°C.
I have a thermometer in the cooler area of the house and that is registering around 16°C at night (the thermometer is some distance from the ceramic bulb and higher than the bulb).

I checked on him last night and he wasn't under his ceramic bulb so I figured he was warm enough but I'm a bit of a worrier so would like some advice to confirm my current set up is OK..

Many thanks (photo of my lovely boy is just to show him off ?)

Please read this thread I made for exactly this question:

Understanding Outdoor and Ground Temperatures

Recently there have been several posts about what temperature it is safe to allow a tortoise outdoors, as we normally see this time of year. So instead of a reply to an individual post, I thought I would post a new thread that could be referred to and more could see. My biggest concern with...

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And this one:

What are long term consequences of cold nights on tortoises?

So in keeping with not letting my tort camp out at night in the winter, I'm wondering what exactly the long term consequences of cold nights are on a tortoise? As I said in a previous post, there are many people here in SoCal who never heat their tortoises, and they claim they are just fine...

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