how hot is hot enough

[CherryBrandy]

wowsa!!! 44.4 in the conservatory !! the temp gauge has bust in the greenhouse and that's in the shade !

Jan - it was fantastic to see you at the Hampshire tortoise fete. Even the tortoises had gone for shade hadn't they ....! it was mad dogs and Englishmen left I think .....
I have ordered a pool I can double as a tort table in winter ! nice one CB

[Suze65]

Yes very hot here yesterday, and torts doing their Mediterranean tortoise thing. I love watching them just doing their thing in this sort of weather, but they are eating a lot!

[sandy]

Its been 36c outside for the last week in France, while I was visiting my grandchildren.
Far too hot for me:0(
Still far too hot here too:0)

[Alan1]

it was 56c in the greenhouse yesterday with the door and windows open

[Gordon]

Originally Posted by Alan1

it was 56c in the greenhouse yesterday with the door and windows open

I put my hosepipe on as fine a mist as I can and put it it in the greenhouse for ten minutes and all the torts in there love it bums up in the air and the bum wiggle dance begins.

[sandy]

Originally Posted by Gordon

I put my hosepipe on as fine a mist as I can and put it it in the greenhouse for ten minutes and all the torts in there love it bums up in the air and the bum wiggle dance begins.

I just put the hose full on in mine:0)
Not when the tortoises were in it of course. I just soaked it.

[Suze65]

I know I've said it before ( sorry to be boring and state the obviouse ) but, it's great to see the torts behaving naturally, cos we are having Mediterranean weather, they are up early , eating and mooching and gone back to bed by about 10.30 , sleep for the rest of the day in the shade, then up late afternoon for another mooch and eat, and they are eating a lot ! Not often we see this natural behaviour , but I would say they are loving it.

[Alan1]

We've only had two days of heat, three if counting today but big black clouds appearing now. It was only 14c on Friday. Sunrise this morning was 4.24am and I was up at 5.30 and the torts were going about their business at that time and it was already 25c in the greenhouse, the sun hits it right from sunrise. I had to put them out by 6am

[CherryBrandy]

Originally Posted by Gordon

I put my hosepipe on as fine a mist as I can and put it it in the greenhouse for ten minutes and all the torts in there love it bums up in the air and the bum wiggle dance begins.

I did same Gordon....the mist one is brilliant for that !! except my lot scattered and I thought be grateful it was the mist one and not full blown water cannon one....it worked a treat for micro climate though and humidity.

wow what a difference down here Alan - it was still 36 degrees at 22.00hrs last night in the conservatory. and 28.5 in the lounge. It is so baking hot. I haven't ever remembered covering up cloches with shade covers - got towels over benches to create even more shade and foot stools for them to hide under. there is lots of shade an hidey holes already but they are all sooooo hot too!

I love it !! as suze says watching them this must be their ideal ? though it does little for appearance .for humans ..makeup is melted and hair frizzie. I look like one of those crazy sea creatures lurking at the bottom of the ocean sparked into life.

CB

[Ozric Jonathan]

It's been nowhere near as tropical up north but of course tortoises don't need huge amounts of heat. If it's sunny and 20C or so they are in their element and it's been great this last few days watching them.

Also we get so many hours of light at this point in the year. It's not even dark at 10pm here, and with it being warm the bigger tortoises are still awake, just lazing about looking very comfortable!