Wow. Clearly we were misled by the pet store people. I have ordered a temperature gun and should be able to measure the ambient temperature with it when it arrives today. We did take the tortoise outside yesterday since it was quite warm here and it did seem active during that time. I am also...
Here are some pictures of the setup. The two temperature gauges that came with the setup show 80f but I am not sure if that is truly the temperature on the ground. The substrate is a coconut husk material that we bought at the store. I was told this is a baby tortoise probably 6months old by the...
We got a Russian tortoise (about 4in big) for my son from the pet store 1.5 weeks ago and have him in a 40gallon terrarium that we also purchased from the store (it came with 2 light sources, one for providing heat and the other for night time viewing). The turtle was quite active in the store...