HELP! heat sources out! young leopard stuck in the 60's!!

[Rexx Doopson]

hi there I have a a leopard tortoise that's about a year old. today when i came home to check, the whole setup was off. all the heat lamps were off and the enclosure was cold. i dont know what happened, maybe there was a tiny surge and the surge protector turned off the power to the room, but what i'm worried about is my tortoise. it was in the mid sixties when i came back. i dont know how long my tortoise was in the cold (the most could have been 7 hours), but im just worried that this could have had a bad effect on my tortoise. could anything have happened to him??

 

[Blakem]

Is the heat back on? If so, don't worry about it.

 

[Careym13]

This happened to me recently. My Leopards aren't much older than yours. My father (elderly) accidentally unplugged the power strip to which all my heat/lights are plugged into. When I got home the temps were quite low. Both my torts are fine though and yours should be as well. Do a nice warm soak and just monitor closely for the next day but it is likely your tort will be fine.

 

[wellington]

Should be fine if you got the heat back on. If you do see any signs of a runny nose, put the heat up to 85 day and night for a week or so until the runny nose goes away.

 

[Tom]

Like Barb said, just turn the heat up for a few days to compensate, and keep an eye out for signs of RI. A few hours of temps in the 60s should not be a big deal.

Then figure out what happened, so it doesn't happen again.