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How warm is too warm?

37K views 5 replies 6 participants last post by  Tongue_Flicker  
I have wondered this too. I don't think my hedgie noticed too much when our apartment was getting near ninety degrees when the AC stopped working. Then that whole day after it took to restablize her cage to it's normal 77-78 degrees.

I have also wondered about the cooler temps. My fiance has high blood pressure so does not tolerate warm temps well at all so the apartment is usually kept between 65 and 68 degrees. I don't take Petra out for longer than an hour an hour and half tops I do worry it will cause a hibernation attempt, I am thinking about getting a small space heater for play time, but don't know if it's nessisary since we don't keep her out long (average time out is 45 minutes)