Hi,
I recently inherited my son's African Spurred tortoise. He had him for five years. I live in the Arizona desert so I think the climate is relatively close to it's native African climate.
For now the tortoise has a terrarium that we keep him in on the patio at night, and a makeshift pen in the back yard we let him roam around in during the day.
Our goal is to build a permanent pen/garden area for him. I've been reading about heating reptiles: some with light, some without, dangers of burning or overheating, etc, etc.
We have built a house for him and would like to use solor energy for heat. During the winters it can get down to into the 30's (fahrenheit), but it is Arizona where we have full sun 99% of the time. He will have plenty of exposure to natural sunlight, so I think we just need to be concerned with heat during the winter months. Any help is appreciated.
I recently inherited my son's African Spurred tortoise. He had him for five years. I live in the Arizona desert so I think the climate is relatively close to it's native African climate.
For now the tortoise has a terrarium that we keep him in on the patio at night, and a makeshift pen in the back yard we let him roam around in during the day.
Our goal is to build a permanent pen/garden area for him. I've been reading about heating reptiles: some with light, some without, dangers of burning or overheating, etc, etc.
We have built a house for him and would like to use solor energy for heat. During the winters it can get down to into the 30's (fahrenheit), but it is Arizona where we have full sun 99% of the time. He will have plenty of exposure to natural sunlight, so I think we just need to be concerned with heat during the winter months. Any help is appreciated.