Thanks Tom, that's super helpful.
Here's the box where it sits, under the eaves against the wall of the house (southeast wall). Here's the box up closer
For the first 10 days or so, definitely no; sun didn't come out that whole time. With the location under the eaves, if it gets any sun...
We are trying to brumate our Hermann's tortoise Scout (approx. 5-10 y.o.) for the first time, following the instructions in Tom's brumation thread, and have been having some difficulties, hoping to get some advice. She has nominally been brumating for about 11 days as of this writing.
Our...
What size should an insulated night box be for a Hermann's tortoise? Ours is about 6" long, and has lived in a 8'x12' outdoor enclosure in the warm months (with a lid to protect from predators, but without a night box). She wasn't big enough to brumate last winter, so we brought her in to a...