Well we are moving at the end of July so there goes my outdoor enclosure for the year.....it is way hotter in the summer in Puelbo so how will my greeks fair? do I just keep them inside? need lots of suggestions on this one please
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I would assume you can still put them outside, you just need to take some extra precautions against the heat.
Something I am in the process of doing so I don't have any pictures yet, is building a misting system.
I am burying a 44 gallon trash can in the ground leaving only like 4-6 inches out of the ground, fill it with water and cut a few holes in the cover. Drop a submersible pump into the water, have the power cord coming out one hole, and a plastic tube coming out the other hole in the cover. Put the pump on either a timer that goes off for 10 min every hour, or on a thermostat set to cool if it gets too hot, then take the plastic tubing and run it around the enclosure/over the cover and hook it to the pump in the water and cap the other end. Finally you can get misting heads that go into the plastic tubing and you attach them around the tubing. This way you just fill the reservoir every morning and the timer will mist your pen every so often, you will just have to fine tune how often and for how long, but misting can drop the temps by up to 20 degrees.
also its good to bury the trash can at least 1/2 way so that it doesn't heat the water while sitting in the bright sun all day.
And since you live in Colorado this stuff is easy to get and cheap, I am getting all of mine from a hydroponics supply store for 20 dollars. The only thing I have left to buy is the trash can for a reservoir.
Something I am in the process of doing so I don't have any pictures yet, is building a misting system.
I am burying a 44 gallon trash can in the ground leaving only like 4-6 inches out of the ground, fill it with water and cut a few holes in the cover. Drop a submersible pump into the water, have the power cord coming out one hole, and a plastic tube coming out the other hole in the cover. Put the pump on either a timer that goes off for 10 min every hour, or on a thermostat set to cool if it gets too hot, then take the plastic tubing and run it around the enclosure/over the cover and hook it to the pump in the water and cap the other end. Finally you can get misting heads that go into the plastic tubing and you attach them around the tubing. This way you just fill the reservoir every morning and the timer will mist your pen every so often, you will just have to fine tune how often and for how long, but misting can drop the temps by up to 20 degrees.
also its good to bury the trash can at least 1/2 way so that it doesn't heat the water while sitting in the bright sun all day.
And since you live in Colorado this stuff is easy to get and cheap, I am getting all of mine from a hydroponics supply store for 20 dollars. The only thing I have left to buy is the trash can for a reservoir.
I've been thinking about this subject a lot today. Our weather this week has been, every day, at least 104F degrees. Today it's 108F.
A lady from northern California is bringing me a desert tortoise this afternoon. The weather where the tortoise was found is nowhere near this hot, so I was figuring I'm going to have to set him up indoors temporarily with short forays outside each morning, maybe a little longer each time and slowly acclimate him to the heat.
A lady from northern California is bringing me a desert tortoise this afternoon. The weather where the tortoise was found is nowhere near this hot, so I was figuring I'm going to have to set him up indoors temporarily with short forays outside each morning, maybe a little longer each time and slowly acclimate him to the heat.
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