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06-05-2016, 12:55 PM
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Night temperatures
Hi, My Horsfield, Pushkin aged 10, is going to stay in our greenhouse whilst I am away for the next week. He has a tunnel into his weed garden. I am concerned about low night temperatures. What is a safe minimum night temperature, please? He will be fed daily by a neighbour. We are in Essex.
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06-05-2016, 01:42 PM
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I'm not sure what would be considered safe but I am still bringing mine in at nights because last week we were getting -1 and at best +4 at nights, this week the best we've had has been +5. What the forecast says and what actually happens is not always the same and also their forecast is for air temps whereas the torts may get a couple more degrees better than that if buried or under cover. I am 400 miles north of you but 3 weeks ago I was in Newmarket and it was minus temps at night, white frost on the grass in the morning. I let mine stay out only if temps have been +10 for a few nights in a row just to be on the safe side.
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06-05-2016, 04:09 PM
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Horsfields in the wild can stand much lower temps than most think. I keep ibera and they do fine in an unheated GH, or if they dig in outside under a plant I leave them there. My tortoises can come and go as they please. I live in Kent so not so far away:0) The only time to be concerned is if there is a frost, but here frosts will be light if any at all:0)
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07-05-2016, 12:43 PM
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He will be fine mine are in the greenhouse unheated and I even have one that chooses to sleep out even when it was frosty last week it was her choice there is a box outside and access to the greenhouse but that's what she wanted to do so I left her there.
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07-05-2016, 02:01 PM
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mine are all out too. no one is heated. ive checked weather in your region and its going to be around 12'c @ 07.00hrs so he will be fine and dandy. Hot hot hot all week so your concern may be the GH too hot ! have a lovely time. CB
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07-05-2016, 11:30 PM
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heatwave everywhere but here, we have had a high of 8c today which is now down to 6c at 11.30pm
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08-05-2016, 09:26 PM
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Are you in the Outer Hebrides?
It was so hot here the torts and I were in the shade this afternoon! Sorry....
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08-05-2016, 10:42 PM
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09-05-2016, 11:56 AM
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Lovely day in Glasgow today - sunny and 20C. With the sun being out this is great tortoise weather.
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