Thanks Wartortle. I'm going to experiment with the heat lamp I have. Until I get it right he's spending the night in the bathroom that has heated floors. I have been hesitant to keep him in there because he's a destroyer of baseboards. But it's looking nice all week so we'll see how it goes.
Thank you so much for the information. I hadn't even thought about the temp under the lamp. I have some time this week so I'll head to Home Depot. Thanks again!
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I have a 5 year-old male Leopard. He lives in our yard most of the year. It has been really cold lately. When the temperature dips below 60F at night I bring him inside, and it's been under 60 for the last month. I have Mercury Vapor bulb in a dome lamp for indoor heat. It works...
That's funny! I forgot to mention that my neighbor, coincidently her name is Maggie, feeds every creature imaginable. It's like living next to a zoo. Thanks again for the advice.
Thank you for the replies. It's 9:45pm and I just saw the first skunk of the night. I reckoned that since we've had raccoons walk in the house with the lights and TV on that they aren't easily deterred, and a simple dog house isn't secure enough. I bring the tortoise in between 3-4pm and she's...
Hi all, we have a 1.5-2 year-old Leopard tortoise (not sure of the exact age). She has an enclosure outside, but roams the entire yard during the day, and we bring her in at night. We're in Newport Beach California. I'd like to let her stay out at night, but we have a lot of wildlife in our...
That's what I thought. It's time for a bigger enclosure. It's funny how worried I get when she's not active, but when she's hyperactive it's the same. Thanks for the reply.
This question has probably been asked multiple times, but I will ask it again. Our Leopard, who is around a year old, has suddenly become very very active. Inside she lives in a zoo med tortoise house and roams our enclosed yard for a couple hours a day(we are in Orange County California)...
My 5-6 month old leopard treated the block like an obstacle in his enclosure and just walked around it with no interest at all. Once in a while he nips at the cuttle bone, but when he's outside he investigates anything white or calcium like, even cement. I think they instinctively know what they...
After reading various posts and these replies I feel pretty confident. Thanks for relating your experience. We got the tortoise from a pet shop that had her in a small aquarium with 3 other kinds of tortoises, a coil bulb, and no water. The information they gave us was so antiquated and bad that...
Thanks, that was along the lines of what I have planned. The area is bordered on two sides by a 6 foot fence, so that should block the wind. I was going to cover the top with wire. Ill put some shade and hide structures in as well. So until it gets consistently warmer. Is it ok for her to be out...