How hot is too hot?

[Spikedatortoise]

I have a Russian tortoise and I just checked that under her head lamp is 106. It’s that too hot? I can easily move it up but just wanted to be sure. I’ve read it should be 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Thanks!

 

[DoubleD1996!]

I have a Russian tortoise and I just checked that under her head lamp is 106. It’s that too hot? I can easily move it up but just wanted to be sure. I’ve read it should be 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Thanks!

106 isn't bad. Long as it can retreat to a cooler area.

 

[Tom]

I have a Russian tortoise and I just checked that under her head lamp is 106. It’s that too hot? I can easily move it up but just wanted to be sure. I’ve read it should be 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Thanks!

How are you measuring? Is that 106 on the ground, or 106 at tortoise shell height?

 

[Lyn W]

This is the caresheet that will help you with temps and everything else:

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...

tortoiseforum.org

I use a rock or upturned china bowl the same height as my tort under the lamps and adjust them accordingly.