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Better out than in!

No, he’s a solo out there. The more I’m looking at this, there are some rocks on the perimeter that he’ll try to climb sometimes…they’re about 15-20 ft from where I found him, but I guess he could have upended himself over there, and scooted along the ground for a distance trying to get righted...

Hi, Everyone, So today I went outside to find our 15 year old, 100+ lb sulcata lying on his back in the middle of our grassy yard and not moving! I immediately ran out and turned him back on his belly. He couldn’t have been there long as I had seen him cruising around eating grass like always...

Before we made “Tom’s Tortoise House” our big boy ran down his heat battery before getting back to his old house on a cold rainy day. Good thing we were keeping an eye on him and got his 100 lb self back to his house. Learned a lot during that first year…thank God for The Forum!!🙏🙏

This is the one we use: https://inkbird.com/products/temperature-controller-itc-308

I think that they always just want to go farther…

It’s arriving tomorrow. Thanks!

Hi Everyone, So today I caught our 100 lb sulcata eating the door curtain to his house! We’ve had him 3 years and the floor mat I used to make his door curtain has been in place nearly this whole time. Luckily I spotted him before he swallowed the big piece he had in his mouth and got it away...

Good morning!

Thanks for taking the time to answer and explain further. I couldn't find on the Kane website anything about the shut off temp. This is what I like about this place--people sharing and learning about something they care about. BTW, love your "Screaming" logo, I'm more of a "Defender" man myself...

Carapace temp over 100 = bad, plastron temp 117 (ambient 80 + 37 over ambient from Kane mat) OK? I'm just trying to understand. I am sure that if I were to state this without addressing the disconnect, I would catch some feedback.

With the overhead RHP. The 80 degree surface and ambient temp will get you to 80 degrees no? I'm not trying to upset any applecarts, I just want to understand how hot is too hot for their belly, and interested in keeping a consistent 80 degree tort. We use the mat also, without a rheostat, and...

Since the Kane mat is designed to keep a temperature of 37 degrees above ambient, how hot is too hot for the mat? I’ve heard a lot of concern for burning the torts belly, and thought an overall 80 was the goal, with the overhead heat being primary.

We use a mat for our sulcata too. I was thinking that keeping the mat at a safe and desirable 80 degrees would keep the babies belly warm without endangering them.

I realize there are several things going on here, but is there any merit to the idea of using a rheostat adjusted to keeping a Kane mat surface temp of 80 degrees together with the CHE heating from above to balance out the temperature imbalance? Both the top and bottom heat could then be...