Leroy23
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I'm a beginner in the Russian Tortoise family. Should I leave a gas heater on in the same room the Tortoise? Also the heat lamps be on the whole night?
If you are not brumating/hibernating him for winter then there needs to be heat day and night to keep him up. No lower then 70 at night but no lights at night just heat. Normal lights and a range of day temps of 75 to 80 along with a basking spot of 90 to 100.
So there's options wither or not to hibernate or brumate them?? I didn't know. So I live in southern California. It's cold here at night now. Maybe 50 to 60 degrees at night. So I don't need to leave the heat lamps on nor the UV light? Also how can you tell the sex?
Hello and welcome to the forum! I live just north of you in SCV. I grew up on the border of Hawthorne and Gardena.I'm a beginner in the Russian Tortoise family. Should I leave a gas heater on in the same room the Tortoise? Also the heat lamps be on the whole night?