Spazz_Attack24
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How do you guys keep your tort happy and healthy when they cant go outside for the sun and to move around, do i need to tort proof a bedroom for winter time?
cold weather question
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What size tortoise do you have?
I have a insulated and heated tortoise shed and they each have a large area for winter. It's heated, has basking areas and brightly lighted.
If you can't do a shed and you have a fairly large tortoise, basically anything other than Mediterranean species, star, or pancakes, they will need a room size enclosure.
The smaller ones I listed can have smaller than a room size, but no smaller than an 4x8 larger would be better.
I have a insulated and heated tortoise shed and they each have a large area for winter. It's heated, has basking areas and brightly lighted.
If you can't do a shed and you have a fairly large tortoise, basically anything other than Mediterranean species, star, or pancakes, they will need a room size enclosure.
The smaller ones I listed can have smaller than a room size, but no smaller than an 4x8 larger would be better.
Spazz_Attack24
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I have 2 Russian tortoises that are about 5 inches big
A couple of 4x8 foot enclosures should suffice to get them through the less than ideal weather. With some hides, logs, big rocks and that sort of thing, they should be fine. If you brumate them, their indoor time will seem even shorter.
Littleredfootbigredheart
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You don’t house them in the same enclosure do you? tortoise of any species should NEVER be housed in pairs under any circumstances, they’re incredibly territorial, behaviours that look cute to us really aren’t, following one another and sleeping huddled up is all bullying the the tortoise world, you’ll eventually see more extreme signs of aggression. Anyone who tells you pairs are fine, have no idea what they’re talking about.
Small groups are ok when there’s lots of land and the correct male to female ratio.
As mentioned above, two 4x8 foot enclosures will suffice for winter time, I think you’ll hopefully find this thread useful to look through, it goes over correct equipment, appropriately maintaining humidity, correct level etc, there’s lots of visual examples and a good link for the diet side of things
Housing adult Russian and Hermans indoors
Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information an example of an appropriate indoor set up for an older Herman/russian. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure, I understand being from the uk myself, that some climates make it difficult to...
tortoiseforum.org
This one is also handy to make sure you’re avoiding incorrect equipment(very easily done) and materials etc
Common keeping errors
Hello everyone! I’d been a long time lurker on this site long before joining just under a year ago now, over that time I’ve seen these husbandry issues come up time and time again, sometimes with dire consequences☹️ I thought this thread might serve as a good visual guide for these common...
tortoiseforum.org
Hope they help!
