As the title says: "The temp should not go below 80 IF the humidity is high."
Every time I see somebody post that, I want to ask why and who says?
I think about all the rainy days and nights, tortoises spend outside and the temps are way lower then that, yet my tortoises do well. *knocks on my wooden head* I have never had a case of URI or anything here. I think about the fact that our humidity levels have been outside in the 60-70s (as per the local weather place), add to it the additional watering and even the amount of plants, I am sure my yards humidity readings are higher out there (but no, I don't have a reading for them). So even without any rain our humidity levels are fairly high and out night time temps last week dropped to the 60s.
The tortoises inside the house during the summer are kept without additional heat, as I just leave windows open and fans blowing 24/7 here. I don't worry about temps or what time of day it is, when I add water to their substrate, I just do it. So I know full well they are on wet substrate and lower then 80 temps too.
Some may say well it's just those are hingebacks or maybe expand it to included all the forest types, but I have Russians, leopards, sulcatas, and even stars to mention a few kept that way also. These are not just adults, this is how I also keep my youngsters.
I think about the wild tortoises and want to know, what do you think happens to them when temps drop, it's raining or high humidity?
So those of you saying temps must be above 80 when humidity is high, what are you basing this upon?
Every time I see somebody post that, I want to ask why and who says?
I think about all the rainy days and nights, tortoises spend outside and the temps are way lower then that, yet my tortoises do well. *knocks on my wooden head* I have never had a case of URI or anything here. I think about the fact that our humidity levels have been outside in the 60-70s (as per the local weather place), add to it the additional watering and even the amount of plants, I am sure my yards humidity readings are higher out there (but no, I don't have a reading for them). So even without any rain our humidity levels are fairly high and out night time temps last week dropped to the 60s.
The tortoises inside the house during the summer are kept without additional heat, as I just leave windows open and fans blowing 24/7 here. I don't worry about temps or what time of day it is, when I add water to their substrate, I just do it. So I know full well they are on wet substrate and lower then 80 temps too.
Some may say well it's just those are hingebacks or maybe expand it to included all the forest types, but I have Russians, leopards, sulcatas, and even stars to mention a few kept that way also. These are not just adults, this is how I also keep my youngsters.
I think about the wild tortoises and want to know, what do you think happens to them when temps drop, it's raining or high humidity?
So those of you saying temps must be above 80 when humidity is high, what are you basing this upon?