Weather

[AdamR]

Well I'm glad everyone is having such fine weather. The rest of us poor souls down south are enjoying our flash floods, tornadoes, hail, constant rain for the past week!

 

[Rjhoop]

chilly,rain, thunderstorms, foggy, misty, humid...No outdoor grazing so far this week But I picked for them and brought it to them.

Same in Buffalo did get him out for 20 minutes again today after work he loves it outside eats like a champ!!But he even eats hay at 5 mos. old so i guess he would!!!

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

80 & sunny in Connecticut!!! Had mine out from 11-7!!! Great day!!!

 

[Jacob]

Great Days!
Iv Been Able to Let Mine Out After school from 3 to 6ish

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

Rainy on and off and in the mid 60's today. Not sure if I should let her out. She has tons of new sprouts from a sulcata seed mix I planted in her enclosure, I know she would rather graze outside then be stuck inside but I don't want her to get cold.

 

[Tom]

Rainy on and off and in the mid 60's today. Not sure if I should let her out. She has tons of new sprouts from a sulcata seed mix I planted in her enclosure, I know she would rather graze outside then be stuck inside but I don't want her to get cold.

I wouldn't. If its sunny, dry and 65, I'll put mine out, but thats after I use a temp gun and check ground temps. For juveniles, I want ground temps in the 70's for babies, I want ground temps in the 80's. Those are my arbitrary parameters and so far they have worked well for me.

If your ground is wet from the rain and its overcast, I wouldn't risk it.

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

Thank's Tom, that is what I was thinking, I just did not know if I was being overprotective.

 

[HankC13]

Day time temps are around 85 in SoCal but night time can drop to around the 60s. Is that too cold for a sulcata baby to be outside? Do most of you bring yours in at night?

 

[Jacob]

The weather is still great in socal,
My little one has got to go out everyday for hours

 

[Yvonne G]

Day time temps are around 85 in SoCal but night time can drop to around the 60s. Is that too cold for a sulcata baby to be outside? Do most of you bring yours in at night?

I always bring mine in at night. Once the night time temps are consistently above 60 I leave them out.

 

[DeanS]

It was in the 30s last night...been in the 80s most of the week but with high winds, so it felt more like 65...still everybody's been out all day forthe last couple weeks...and they're all in by 5.

 

[Tom]

Day time temps are around 85 in SoCal but night time can drop to around the 60s. Is that too cold for a sulcata baby to be outside? Do most of you bring yours in at night?

Personally, I wouldn't leave a baby outside overnight, regardless of the weather. I think its too dry here for one reason and risk of predation for another. And the weather man is sometimes wrong and it gets colder than we think it will. Its still been dipping into the 40's here at night. No problem for adults in a heated box, but I wouldn't risk a baby that way.

 

[HankC13]

Thanks Tom i went to Walmart & petsmart today to get supplies to give him a place to sleep indoors.

 

[Jacob]

I Take My Baby Inside Around 6-7 ish