Here's an article that covers some of the issues on feeding:

tortoisetrust.org/articles/amteat.html

I also don't keep my torts anywhere near the heat levels you mentioned. When indoors I measure my temps with a remote temperature sensor (a probe on the end of a wire attached to a readout) and I just lay the probe on the hot spot.

When they are outdoors the air temps range from 40s to 105 or so (seasonally, not daily!), and the big limestone rocks they bask on are never excessively warm. Once when it was about 105 outside I measured the temp of the soil in their hidebox and it was 88F. I don't get temps like that very often in Missouri. When indoors they are basking under a 60 to 75 watt bulb maybe 6-12" over their head, with a max temp of 85 to 105 depending on the season.

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