AudraL
New Member
Hi everyone – wanted to find out if anyone's auto timer has malfunctioned and how it affects tortoises… We went away for the weekend and a friend came by yesterday and this morning to give our Mowgli fresh water and food. We came back today around five and it was completely dark in his enclosure. She said the lights were on yesterday as she took him out to soak him but she assumed they hadn't switched on yet when she came by this morning. So basically he was in the dark the entire day… Thankfully the ambient heat was still working and the humidity was fine but our poor little guy literally was in darkness all day – has that happened to anyone else and I am assuming since it's only one day he'll be OK? I'm not sure what happened – why did it not turn on? But I'm going have to uninstall it and reinstall it I guess... i'm just afraid of it happening again on a longer trip or if we go out of the country on a trip. 😬