I would suggest that rather than a heater he needs a basking light. Bob goes under his light daily. They need their insides to be 85 degrees or higher in order to metabolize their food and I don't think your guy can get there using a heater. A 130 pound Sulcata needs his own shed, lights and sleeping box to live in. In my opinion your tortoise is not set up well enough to keep his metabolism up. Bob has a pig blanket to sleep on, a 250 watt basking light to nap under and a heater that keeps the ambient temp in his shed about 90 degrees. Bob moves from the pig blanket to the basking light to the bare floor to the outside and back again. It's called thermo regulation and Bob moves about like that all day. He spends several hours outside in the cold rain then goes inside and under his basking light. You need to set that tortoise up better for winter.Brittany6 said:
. I see your avatar is likely him...however my eyes can only squint so much before they make me black out....
and in the interim I would also let him stay in your washroom...I would put something on the floor though for him to get up off the coldness of the floor...IMHO that is I hear lots about the pig blankets for these big guys...perhaps you can pick one up at a feed store in your area?Brittany6 said:
