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Chris those temperatures are fine for Tunisians. They have been introduced to Malta and are breeding there. In the wild on the island they seem to be doing fine with Malta's winter temperatures.
As long as you keep them from getting damp, they will be fine in those temperatures. You can though keep bringing them inside at night if you want to. At those temperatures at night, they won't be eating much though. Danny
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i am keeping my Tunisians at around 31 0C. I find if its any hotter they just dig down and sleep. My central heating is always on and they are in a nice warm cozy room and those temps work well for us they are active and happy
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good to know Dan , the only thing i was thinking about was i've been to malta in the winter some of those villa's are colder than it is outside because of the marble floors.
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Than outside would be better
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Those lucky tunisians getting a start in Malta. Danny can you tell us if it's a programme of introducing them deliberately or have a few just escaped and thrived? Sounds like an encouraging story for these tortoises!
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today i took them out and they spent some hours basking in the sun and running around but they didn't eat much. Anytime soon at around five i'll bring them in and keep them in my little ferret carrier in my room at least with all the breathing and cooking the temperature of the house is always slightly higher then outside and the carrier keeps them off the ground and plastic being an insulator. Looking forward for some sunny days to stuff them with some veggies properly you never know when a cloudy week will come. In that case i'll keep them under the studying lamp while studying so i can keep an eye on them too.
As for them becoming an invasive species it seems that my great grandfather had once 2 tortoises and left them in his field. They litterally infested the field but one day a stupid farmer went and plowed the field and killed quite a lot. They managed to save quite a lot though. Maybe i'm just being paranoid and the climate is good enough after all. |
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Btw I've never seen one in the wild personally. But if there are it can spell trouble.
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