vivarium

Hello! My 2 year old RF, age according to seller, is barely eating. She was adopted on 11/29/25. The one thing I can get her to eat occasionally is bananas. A few times she's eaten some turnip bc it was mashed up with the bananas. Even still she eats maybe every 2-3 days, but so far only banana...

Hi everyone, I'm new here as I just picked up a Hermanns from my cousin today as they cannot care for it anymore, and I was just wondering if this is a suitable vivarium for him? He is currently 1 year old and around 4 inches long. Can anyone give feedback on changes I should make, if any...

Hello all, I am sending this in regard to finding the best heat lamp feature for my tortoises vivarium as the last one I had randomly blew yesterday morning, luckily not injuring her and luckily not setting any fires.but did scare me and left both me and my tortoise in a traumatic state If any...

So it was hermans birthday and I just fancied showing his new vivarium, those that seen when I first got him and got given all the incorrect info will see the amazing progress and how nice. I had to get rid of the logs he had in prior as he was just too big and bumping into everything and could...

(EDIT: It would probably help if I mentioned that this is for an Eastern Hermann's hatchling.) After some top tier advice from you guys on my last thread (about sealing) I thought I'd put in another, with some pictures and more info! Please note that this is a 'dry run'- there won't be any...

(I'm in the UK) So I'm hoping that, in the next couple of weeks, I'll be the proud owner of a Hermann's hatchling, and naturally I've been building a vivarium for it to spend the first few years of life in before graduating to a full table. Said Viv is your average 4x2x2 made of MDF with a...

hello i have a western Hermann tortoise; in the day time hours the range of humidity in the vivarium is anywhere from 34% to 46%. i think this is a problem as i can see that there is potential pyramiding and i want to prevent this as best as i can, this is my first time looking after a tortoise...

Heya peeps, Been a bit since I posted on here as things have definitely improved with Herman. (again original name I know), For those whom know nothing about Herman, he is about 1 years old, I say its a he for easiness honestly could be any gender, I recently weighed him and he is now 72 grams...

Hi all I am currently struggling with my baby Hermanns vivarium especially with the humidity. The humidity is way too low. I am thinking it is the substrate I am using so I ordered some coco coir to mix in with the one I am using currently but I need to make sure my Viv (wooden ) doesn’t rot...

Hi all, just a quick question. I have had my Horsefield tortoise for a couple of years now but have recently got a baby Hermann. I have him in a open top table at the moment but have come across a few websites now that say a vivarium would be better. Which one should I choose? Thought I’d ask...

So I want to change my Hermann tortoise enclosure from a table to a vivarium as this will allow him to have the biggest enclosure for the space I have and will also be safer as we have a dog that doesn’t like him. Though I have done a lot of research I keep getting conflicting answers as to...

Hi, please can I see pictures of your red foot vivs in the uk…would like to make Terrence’s nicer for him

Hi! Nice to meet you all, I'm a new owner of a red footed tortoise, possibly a girl and around a year old. We are looking for advice around her vivarium, heat and humidity please ?. I'll include pics aswell as description so you guys can hopefully help. There is coco coir over the bottom of the...

I've finally found something that works really well for me, and I wanted to share for those with similar issues, and for feedback! The container is 21 by 39 inches, 17 inches high, with opaque sides. I have 4-5 inches of coco coir substrate, soaked from bricks to remove dust and squeezed for...

My name is Lord Turtlington, I am a 6(ish) month old Sulcata Tortoise living in London. My owner is trying their best to take good care of me but would love some advice especially when it comes to the English climate and food to eat as there’s such conflicting information online! I am 9cm long...

I am currently in the process of upgrading my redfoots enclosure and, after much research, decided to go ahead and design/build it myself. I am hoping to make it into a vivarium but have seen many mixed reviews about which plants to use. So far I have purchased a tortoise seed mix to plant in...

Hi all I am fairly new to this so please bare with me! I have a (aprox) 1 year old Hermanns tortoise and am struggling with the enclosure. I currently use a mix of Tortoise Life Substrate and Orchid Bark which it seems fine with…. Unless anyone else has any other recommendations. But I am...

Hi all I am looking at getting an 8ft x 4ft vivarium. Where can I buy one or has anyone get any plans for how to build my own Thanks in advance David

Hi I'm buying a used vivarium for my yearling tortoise. Should I just wash it out with hot water and scrub it or is there any other disinfecting procedures I should do?

Hello everyone! I really love this forum and I am so glad I found it. I have a lovely new Hermann's tortoise, who I've named Titus (though of course we don't know his sex yet!) He is 11 months. I have experience with many animals, and I foster kittens etc, but have never had reptiles! I love...