Thanks Tom. Very thorough information. And like I said I’m very much at the point of reviewing the information provided by people who’ve done something I have not.
Just for clarity sake, the brumation confusion came simply from googling “do aldabra tortoises brumate”. The first 4 or 5 results...
Thanks Wellington. On the brumation question, like Forrest Gump said, "Good, that's one less thing".
And that makes sense keeping better humidity control with the indoor enclosure in the beginning with a hatchling.
First of all, I'm new to the forum as a member but have monitored it for a few years because, well, I like tortoises and have since I grew up roaming the south Alabama woods looking for gopher tortoises (which down there, they are literally just referred to as "gophers" which caused great...