Once he flipped over in his bath, ha dipped his head in twice, as if trying to right himself. When I picked him up he hissed and it sounded like he had some water in his nose. After I placed him in the enclousure he was breathing heavily, all his limbs tweaking a bit and I could hear his breathing too. He started breathing normally again after a few minutes in the enclosure.
Aspirated water could cause pneumonia. Just keep the tortoise warm and watch for any signs of difficulty breathing over the next several days or so. Hopefully the tortoise didn't get very much water into his lungs and will be fine.
His current ambient temperature is a little over 23C day and night. Will be monitoring!
I don't really have the means to pump up the day temp currently, do you think I should purchase a CHE or something because of this (I might have to order it? The night temp sometimes drops to 74,66F according to my thermometer, is it close enough?
Yes that should be close enough. You might want to purchase a che just to have on hand. Having back ups is always a good thing. If one is ever going to need extra heat it's at the worst, coldest times.
I will look into getting one. They aren't easy to get here. What wattage would you recommend for a 15,7 inch tall enclosure (mesh/open top).
I always get the 100 watt.
Hmm, don't know. Maybe this is something that should have been done yesterday. He actually did the opposite on his own by sleeping on his ramp, head towards the top the whole night. He seems fine now, maybe he just got some water in his nose. He has always hated soaking and this isn't the first time he flipped over. It was just his behavior afterwards that worries me.
