Winter temperatures

[Granolagal]

I am concerned about my wee ones getting too chilly at night. What is the coolest/warmest night time temps that they will still be happy in? I read in a few different articles that Mediterranean torts are okay at night at whatever the room temp is for people. However, they are positioned between two windows at the front of my house and I worry about draft. The coolest that it has dipped in the tort table is 64F. (Keeping in mind that they are in two separate rubbermaids within the tort table). I also have a veiled chameleon that has been in the same area for the last four years. I put on a 'night red light' for him when the temps reach freezing outside and he has been perfectly fine. I am equipped with two new lights for them when it gets a little chillier but am wondering if that will make it too warm for them? I have obviously come to realize the extreme sensitivities that they can have when hatchlings and really want to make the conditions optimal. any input would be swell
Cheers, Carley

 

[egyptiandan]

As long as your temperatures don't go below 60F at night Carley, you should be fine.

Danny

 

[janiedough]

ok this thread leads to a question i had posted in my bundle up for winter thread...

if it is below 60* outside, should you allow your tort to stay in a container with a hole in it. Meaning should we even give them the option of going outside if it is below 60* or would it be better to leave the container without a way to get out?