Freezing cold outside everywhere

[pdrobber]

How are the cold temps affecting your torts today? Below freezing in parts of Florida, thought of some of you who keep yours mostly outside. Not affected here in NY as mine's inside 24/7 this part of year for obvious reasons. Couldn't help but wonder if it was cold in the southwest/west too. AND if it got cold in all of Florida, including southern regions where wild torts are and if anything in the past with temps has affected their #s significantly...

 

[Yvonne G]

The weather here in Central California has been unseasonably warm this past week. I've turned off the heater in the green house and its been off for over a week. The sun is not shining, but its about 50f outside. This is having no effect on the tortoises at all. They've all been coming out every day to graze and drink.

 

[matt41gb]

It was 65 degrees today and tomorrow is 75 degrees and sunny. I'm in N. Texas, near Fort Worth.

-Matt

 

[Maggie Cummings]

It's 46 degrees right now with heavy rain, hail and flooding in parts. It's at freezing or below nightly. Bob and I both hate it. 2 days ago the water in his pen reached the floor of his shed and was just about to flood in when it stopped raining...whew!

 

[Len B]

It's 22 degrees in Va on the Potomac River and real windy,and I was wondering about our friends in Florida also. Len

 

[pdrobber]

hm so I suppose the only real natural setting for torts that's been below is Florida...I remember every time I visit my grandparents at their condo in SW FL, there's a gopher tortoise burrow just outside the complex and the tortoises even walk around the parking lot. wonder how they're doing, its in the 30s there right now...

 

[matt41gb]

I bet the iguanas are falling out of the trees right now.

-Matt

 

[onarock]

Yeah I know what you mean. Its been getting into the high 60s low 70s around here at night. Its time for a blanket on my bed. BRRRRRRR

 

[terryo]

Right now it's 21 with the wind chill factor, it feels like 8. Hopefully all my boxies are dug down deep enough so they don't freeze. My Cherries are inside of course, nice and cozy.
I went out tonight and braved the cold, because I found a 125 gal tank on craigslist for Pio. I'm so excited . It will seem like Spring in my house next week, as I'm playing in the dirt and planting that viv.

 

[pdrobber]

that IS exciting! just the other day I got a 6X3 bookcase to make my table out of. I got my new clamp lamp, mvb, and temp gun in the mail and asked my dad "is it weird that I get excited when lamps and light bulbs come in the mail?"

while at target getting the bookcase I walked past the large selection of plastic containers and said "tortoise cages!" but I'm graduating from the sterilite, moving on up to the spacious table.

 

[Neal]

Today's high on my thermometer says 82. Should cool down to the mid 70's this weekend. I love AZ.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Way cold in SW Florida, 28ish at night. We keep ours heated anything below 55.

 

[Mao Senpai]

It's 15F here ~ mine are all indoors for the time being since they are still small and young. Good thing too !

 

[PeanutbuttER]

Lately its been pretty nice here. I've been walking around in pants and a shirt and not getting too cold. I'll have to check the temps to give you anything specific.

But yes, too cold for a tort.

 

[zzzdanz]

15F here and we haven't seen any snow yet,so not a bad winter so far.

 

[chadk]

I wouldn't worry about the wild torts. Their burrows are designed to keep them safe from extreme temps...

 

[chadk]

I wouldn't worry about the wild torts. Their burrows are designed to keep them safe from extreme temps...