Best enclosure!?

[littleleo]

Do you recommend a tortoise house or a 40 gallon tank for a baby leopard tortoise? Also, should loose coconut fiber be used for substrate or wood chips?

 

[Tom]

A closed chamber is best. Open tops will allow all your heat and humidity to escape.

The best substrate for baby leos is fine grade orchid bark.

Its all right here:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm not a big fan of those Tortoise Houses. Some of them are big enough for a baby tortoise, but they all have the light positioned at one end instead of in the middle. It would be too hard to heat the whole thing up warm enough. They're too open, so all the warm, moist air would escape. And the wood would probably degrade pretty fast when you put moist substrate in them. So, in my opinion, a covered 40 gallon tank would be better than a Zoo Med (or any other brand) Tortoise House.

 

[Pearly]

I have 40 gal for baby stage, easy to keep warm and humid.

 

[WithLisa]

It depends on what kind of tortoise house you're talking about, there are some really good ones (but definitely not the Zoo Med).