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Laura,
I have Greeks and they love the fiddlesticks hide. they climb on it and often fall off. But the Fiddlesticks are nice as they are sticks that have been wired together and you can bend them to make them high or lower depending on what size tort you have. I change the configuation from a high mound to a low with a slope to help them climb. They don't seem to have any trouble righting themselves when they flip. I just have a substrate that is not slippery. (no glass, plastic etc.) They are either on dirt, turtle carpet, hay etc. And I never put the fiddlesticks under the heat lamp (when they are inside). Mine have been using theirs for a year now and no problems with righting themselves yet.

Hi laura, my tortoises can flip themselves over i only worry about daisy my larger tortoise cuz her shell is slightly bumpy her feet dont reach the floor, but tis rare she climbs anyway.
She onyl climbs when theres new things in the cage otherwise shes under the heat light catching some basking time.

Crazy1, turtle carpet is bad.
Greeks, Hermanns and russians are commonly known as Diggers, they need digging substrates only.
Carpet under basking light maybe.
But no more.