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Just wanted to let anyone know who is considering buying Zoo med's tortoise house for their tort.. don't. Not even for a small species.. had one for my tort and even being small at 1 yr old she had continuosly scraped her plastron on the interior frame, so I had to first have a "bandage" on it ( duct tape.. TEMP) and later hoof repair to protect the hinges on willow's plastron. Not only that but these are very flimsy and cheap made.. the scraping sound from your tort's claws if it's indoors will get to you ( like nails down a chalk board). the wood shreds and actually made mine sick to where I had to take her to the vet for a costly bill. I don't know what wood they use ( my dad said it was cedar) but it made my tort very sick. I also heard PINE is bad too so now I have her in a metal type dog crate untill I find wood thats tortoise safe to build her NEW enclosure with. That horrible tortoise house also cost me my relationship with my tort becuase the clawing noise got to me and I ended up yelling my head off at night at her despite the black light. Now willow hides when she see's me and pulls her head in ( sometimes she stomps or rams my hand as well).. something she never did before. I wouldn't even recommend the tortoise house for a small species.. waaayyyy too flimsy. Now I know why seripous tortoise keepers build their own enclosures.