[Pussygalore]

if the weather changes to rain and cold as predicted don't be surprised if you don't see the tort, without a heated house outside it will either dig down somewhere or stay in its house. They can vanish very quickly and easily and finding them if they can be very hard if at all, you just have to wait untill they appear again. The other choice is to keep an eye on the forecast and bring the tort inside which is why those who don't have outside heating have a table or similar set up inside for such weather. Its also still pretty cold at night with a risk of frosts again the tort will be ok as long as it can either dig down or use a well sheltered house but it won't come out unless the sun comes out as it will just be to cold to move. I don't know where you are but here in the midland they have just predicted a ground frost and the rain as promised, I'd really think about providing somewhere inside for those cold days and nights if you can't put heat outside, I suppose even a box over night would do untill you have something more permanent. A tort that is exposed to frost without protection can suffer and in prolonged cold can actually become blind, make sure its dug down or shut in its house before night time. Sorry if I'm sounding fussy but your tort will have known where it was safe to spend the nights, safe from flooding, cold and predators, he won't know the best places in his new garden for a while and if he gets cold before finding a place he could be to cold to move and dig etc, its important then that you make sure he's protected, dry and warm untill he finds his own place. I always shut mine in their shed at night and they had always put themselves to bed before I shut the shed up, I knew where they were, and were safe and warm untill the morning and as a tort won't move after its gone to sleep it might as well get used to being shut in its house untill the morning