Very sadly, after redoing the enclosures yesterday and adding my two new erosas to the rest of the group, my thermostat malfunctioned. 3 of the 8 are now probably dead. This came as a result of receiving back my main very expensive thermostat system(Microclimate Prime), which had been sent off for repair, to find it was not working. However, rather than using the heater with the built in thermostat, since it's getting colder, I thought i'd use the more powerful tubular heater with a plug in thermostat. I checked this morning, and everything has gone wrong. All the plants dead(temperatures I would guess 35-40 degrees Celsius), 5 tortoises severely dehydrated, and 3 almost certainly dead. Having worked to get my collection to this stage, I now have to rebuild it and start again. Therefore, I would warn people against buying plug-in thermostats that are not specifically labelled for reptiles, even if it is for the tubular heater, without getting good feedback first.
If anyone has suggestion on what to do with the possibly dead tortoises it would be much appreciated. They are currently bathing just above room temperature(about 23 or so degrees), with cooked mushrooms in the water.
@Jacqui @juli11 @Anyfoot @tortadise @Benjamin
If anyone has suggestion on what to do with the possibly dead tortoises it would be much appreciated. They are currently bathing just above room temperature(about 23 or so degrees), with cooked mushrooms in the water.
@Jacqui @juli11 @Anyfoot @tortadise @Benjamin