Yeah, that's pretty close to fatal temperature. Especially if these are smaller plastic bins. I too lost a HL due to heat stress in a plastic storage bin. And it only took 20 minutes or so to kill him. I put him in there with some sand and a cave hide while I was doing maintenance on his cage. I figured I would be done and have him back in his cage before it was a concern. It was only in the 80's that day, but in the bin it got much hotter real fast. I had that HL 3 years and it took a few minutes in the wrong environment to kill him. I'm still so pissed at myself about that I can hardly talk about it.

You don't have to tear up the yard to make a decent outdoor cage. And it doesn't have to be a huge fixed habitat either. Though that's great too. I just get some 1x2"s or 1x4"s, some wire mesh, and hinges, and make an open air outdoor terrarium that's larger than an aquarium, but still moveable. You can make a decent size one in less than an hour, for less than $20 in materials.
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