Corneal Riggar
New Member
Hi,
Im a year and a half I will be getting my very first Tortoise, He will be a Hermann Tortoise, and I plan on getting one that isn't a baby, probably from a rescue.
I have been googling Tortoises for the past two days and have worked out some stuff, but still need help.
What I know so far:
What i don't know:
https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/zo...Ing1qmU64VMOmr2nxB9JC3TTm14zUd7caAqmIEALw_wcB
https://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/exo-terra-forest-moss.html
however they all look like similar stuff, shoul i get all three or just one or two?
Im a year and a half I will be getting my very first Tortoise, He will be a Hermann Tortoise, and I plan on getting one that isn't a baby, probably from a rescue.
I have been googling Tortoises for the past two days and have worked out some stuff, but still need help.
What I know so far:
- Tortoises live a long time
- Hermann Tortoises don't usually grow longer than 18cm
- the enclosure i will build is 4ft by 3ft, the enclosure will be up against a window in a rabbit shed which will have heating, a vent and screen doors to cool down the room in summer
- I know that tortoises need hidey houses, shallow food and water dishes, a basking rock, plants, and a hidey room.
- there will be two heat lights, one above the basking rock, another in the hidey house
- i know how much to feed them and what to feed them
What i don't know:
- which substrate do i need? i want to get a mixture of stuff, moss, beech chips, cypress stuff, top soil and artificial grass.
- ive seen this stuff :
https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/zo...Ing1qmU64VMOmr2nxB9JC3TTm14zUd7caAqmIEALw_wcB
https://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/exo-terra-forest-moss.html
however they all look like similar stuff, shoul i get all three or just one or two?
- humidity? do they like dry or humid, and how to I do either of these. how do you make humidity, and i get that you can get hygrometres that tell you how humid it is, but how do you then change how hot or humid it is?