Out door habitat

[Heepman]

I recently build a 12 ft x 4 ft habitat for my 5 year old Redfoot. He was inside prior. I am in Florida and it has been hot. He has covering, water and a grassy, plant area.
It can get 95 degrees outside. How warm can they tolerate?

Thanks

 

[wellington]

@ZEROPILOT can help.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I recently build a 12 ft x 4 ft habitat for my 5 year old Redfoot. He was inside prior. I am in Florida and it has been hot. He has covering, water and a grassy, plant area.
It can get 95 degrees outside. How warm can they tolerate?

Thanks

Well into the 90s is tolerable as long as there are cooler shady areas provided.
I have several very large Spider plants and Lyriopi. They provide total shade. I also have two giant construction drain pipes. Two water pools and two night houses.
They can tolerable it. Just don't expect to see them much.
Mine come out at dawn and look for food. But by the time the full sun comes up, they're long gone. Often for the entire day unless it rains. You can duplicate this with an overhead misting system or something as non fancy as a single sprinkler head on a garden hose. It'll drop the ambient temps and raise the areas humidity.
(They love the rain)

 

[TammyJ]

Can we see some pictures of your tortoise setup?

 

[Yvonne G]

I started out with shade cloth but after the first year realized it wasn't necessary. The plants provide enough shade. I also have T-posts in a line down the middle of the "rain forest" with drip pipe strung along the top of the posts. About every 5' I plugged the sprinkler-type drip emitters into the pipe. On the really hot days (it sometimes gets over 105F here) I turn the drip on. At ground level I've planted clump-type grasses and you can find the tortoises sheltering under the overhanging blades of grass up against the base of the clump. This is usually where they nest also.

 

[Heepman]

Well into the 90s is tolerable as long as there are cooler shady areas provided.
I have several very large Spider plants and Lyriopi. They provide total shade. I also have two giant construction drain pipes. Two water pools and two night houses.
They can tolerable it. Just don't expect to see them much.
Mine come out at dawn and look for food. But by the time the full sun comes up, they're long gone. Often for the entire day unless it rains. You can duplicate this with an overhead misting system or something as non fancy as a single sprinkler head on a garden hose. It'll drop the ambient temps and raise the areas humidity.
(They love the rain)

Thank you. He has a 4 x 4 area covered and an 8 x 4 area exposed. Grasses and adding spider plants as I have many.
I also water his area most every day.

 

[Heepman]

Can we see some pictures of your tortoise setup?

See attached.
The open area with "Jay" has a large lid on hinges that is up at the time of the photo.