enclosure

Hi everyone! I recently, and a bit abruptly, acquired a Russian Tortoise. I temporarily have him in a 40 gallon tank which I know is not ideal for him so I was looking at some tortoise tables to get him into something more comfortable ASAP. I came across this Tortoise Table on Etsy and wanted...

Hey all! Wanted to drop by and ask about what kind of plants you wonderful girls and guys use for your tortoise enclosures. Something to break up line of sight, places to chill and hide the little torts. Wasn't too sure what's safe, or they don't decide to destroy. I recently got a lavender...

Hey! I’m thinking of having some Egyptian torts! This is a 8ft long by 5ft wide table with a layer of cactus substrate bellow a clay and coco fiber bed. These are just grow light , But how many heat lamps would you add? And where ??? How many torts can fit here ? The walls will be higher once...

I have 2 leopard tortoises and I feel they are big enough to keep outdoors now so I made this “tortoise table” habitat for them and I was looking for some more advice. I live in Orange County Southern California so temperature ranges from 70s-90s in spring and high 70s to 90s most of summer. I...

Recently moved in to a new house, made sure it had a whole room I could dedicate to my guy, but I’ve had a juvenile redfoot since mid December and have been around enough forums and talked to enough people to know I have his enclosure at the proper temp and humidity, I know I have the right...

I was thinking about keeping a red foot or cherry head tortoise and I want to know can you keep them indoors for their entire life I was thinking about making a big enclosure for him to live can they live indoors for their whole life and live up to 50+ years.

This is so long overdue but my little dino is about to get a second floor to his enclosure! I'm so excited for him to have more room to roam and explore (does that mean he'll stop hovering by the walls to get out? Probably not lol). My plan is to have the top portion be the "hot" end and the...

I am adopting my first tortoise (redfoot) and trying to get as healthy a setup as possible. He will be starting in a 40 gallon tank (I know not ideal being glass) that is coming with him until I build an enclosure that will last many years in the near future (He is around 4.5 inches now). I...

Hello, This my new tortoise enclosure, I'm trying to figure is something wrong, I think I'm good but any feed back is good

Hi all! Hope everyone had a good Christmas (if you celebrate). I'm in the process of drawing up some plans for the enclosure I am going to build for my tortoise. I've done some looking and nothing commercially available is quite what I want. And besides, who doesn't love a project :) he's only...

Heidi: *Sigh* just take the photo hooman..

Hi All, I was wondering if I could get some advice on my tortoise set up. I currently have my tortoise (med. spur thighed) in a tortoise table (apologies, I'm not currently at home so can't send dimensions!) It's an ok sized table, however my tortoise is getting quite big now (around 8...

Hey! My brother has recently bought his first tortiose; a 2 year old Hermann's tortoise, and is looking for feeback on his enclosure. We have a UVB light and reflector above the mesh at the top of the enclosure, and a 100W ceramic bulb for heat. Although we plan to get a radar thermometer, the...

Hello, I've been an intense lurker and reader for the last month and have been trying to soak up as much knowledge as I can, since this has seemed like the best resource. Some quick background on Tannie the Tort: He’s a juvenile sulcata we took in from some close friends over the summer. I...

Ok- so my husband decided to bring home 2 baby Sulcattas(daughter talked him into it) in March of 2020… so they are about a year and a half. And I don’t think he did his research in the beginning on what to feed them and the owner of the shop told him to feed them improperly(leafy greens, Fruit...

Hi all, I have had my tort for coming up to a year and have had him in a small vivarium that I put on a dresser, and purchased a long light stand so the lights are above the lid of the enclosure. I want to get a bigger cabinet vivarium (like the one in picture) as he is growing but I don’t...

Hi everyone! My husband and I just built our red foot tortoise this enclosure any suggestions on it? She currently was diagnosed with pneumonia and we are doing our best for her to recover any suggestions will be highly appreciated

Hi! I'm new to the forum as well as a new tortoise owner and really need some advice. I got a 3-4 month old red foot (named Toothless!) yesterday and set up a small temporary enclosure for it. My main concern is its lighting. I'm currently just using a standard LED bulb (7 watts, warm white...

Our baby tortoise outgrew their original tank quickly and we finally found a new enclosure that’s perfect for them. However, we’re having trouble setting up the lights and heat emitter. For starters, we set up the heat emitter directly on top. Since the bulb itself wasn’t touching the wood, we...