Yes, to be safe. In the southern rmountainous part of their natural range now and again it will drop to 10 degrees celsius-sorry don't knowwhat that is in fahrenheit, am from the UK- but it has not been proven that they come off fine from this.AndreaRosie said:
it didn't dry at all in direct sun at 106 degrees!!!
Tom said:My opinions:
1. I would not keep a redfoot at 60 in Louisiana humidity. Whether or not they occasionally tolerate this in the wild is irrelevant to me.
2. I have talked to people in Southern FL who have problems with Russian in the constant high humidity. I'd guess it would be the same in LA. A heated dry box MIT mitigate some of this.
3. Harris, I love you man, but I think it's too HOT in LA for Manouria outdoors. On this one I could be wrong. I was there June once and it was 98 at three o'clock in the morning and my humidity gauge was pegged at 100. It was 106 at noon, still with 100% humidity. I'd give my dog a cold bath, dry him with a towel and set the towel on a chain link fence in direct sun. 6 hours later the towel was so hot and wet you could use it for one of those shaving towels like in a barber shop. Well, except for all the dog hair.
Andrea, most of our tortoise species come from more tropical parts of the world, except the testudo. Your winter lows would necessitate a heated box, and so would your over abundance of rain. The Greeks and hermanni would probably be okay temp wise, but they'd still need a dry box to escape the rain in a captive environment. The only chelonians that are going to live outside in your area with no help are native ones, like your boxies, or aquatic ones from a similar climate.
AndreaRosie said:Tom said:My opinions:
1. I would not keep a redfoot at 60 in Louisiana humidity. Whether or not they occasionally tolerate this in the wild is irrelevant to me. It snows in some parts of the leopard tortoises range. I wouldn't keep one outdoors with no heat in Colorado.
2. I have talked to people in Southern FL who have problems with Russian in the constant high humidity. I'd guess it would be the same in LA. A heated dry box MIT mitigate some of this.
3. Harris, I love you man, but I think it's too HOT in LA for Manouria outdoors. On this one I could be wrong. I was there June once and it was 98 at three o'clock in the morning and my humidity gauge was pegged at 100. It was 106 at noon, still with 100% humidity. I'd give my dog a cold bath, dry him with a towel and set the towel on a chain link fence in direct sun. 6 hours later the towel was so hot and wet you could use it for one of those shaving towels like in a barber shop. Well, except for all the dog hair.
Andrea, most of our tortoise species come from more tropical parts of the world, except the testudo. Your winter lows would necessitate a heated box, and so would your over abundance of rain. The Greeks and hermanni would probably be okay temp wise, but they'd still need a dry box to escape the rain in a captive environment. The only chelonians that are going to live outside in your area with no help are native ones, like your boxies, or aquatic ones from a similar climate.
I figured! I most likely will just stay to rescuing!
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