temperatures

[armandoarturo]

What should be the temperature range on summer time and winter time for a sulcata?
I want to know because Im planning on housing my little guy outside ...
thanks!

 

[waterboy]

You need a indoor enclosure that stays 75 to 80 with a pig blanket for the winter. Summer they need shade or a hide where they can regulate their body temperature so they dont over heat. Also make sure they have access to water 24 7. I have a mud hole for mine in the the summer that he uses regularly.Hope this help send us some pics of your tort, enclosure and box once you get it going.

 

[armandoarturo]

I will upload a picture as soon as Its finished
what about the uv?
I just got a new reptisun 5.0
will that work?

 

[Tom]

This is too complex a subject for me to just list a couple of numbers. Indoors I like to maintain an ambient of at least 80 degrees F 24/7, and then offer a 100 degree basking site for 12 hours a day.

When they are babies, like yours, I like to put them out for an hour or two a day, when its warm, and leave them inside in their perfect conditions for most of the day and night. As they grow, I leave them out longer and longer until by around 5-6" they are outside all day everyday, weather permitting. But they still sleep inside until they are around 8-10". At that point I move them outside full time with a proper enclosure including a heated box for night and cold days.

I do not recommend you leave a baby outside all the time in a dry climate, regardless of the temps. I have seen it attempted many times, I am attempting it myself right now, and I've never been happy with the results compared to a mostly indoors housed baby.