Hello!Just a quick question, after my little ones' trauma, I'm panicking about an upcoming holiday. I've never worried before but I know from advice on here I was probably the worse tortoise owner ever. I'm overthinking everything because they were so poorly, my brother always pops in twice a day when we are away but we would be nervous leaving lights etc on when he's not here incase they were hurt. I know they could stay at some vets but we know that they never ate or drank a thing until they came home to us. Any advice on the things people do for holidays would be greatly appreciated.
If someone's checking them twice a day, they should be fine. Daily clean fresh water, spot cleaning and enough food is basically what should be provided.
As of lights and heating - thermostats and timers do the job for you on turning things on and off.
I also have "smart" sockets and thermometer/hygrometer to manage and check if everything's okay from a smartphone. And a web camera with motion detection (it was helpful when my tortoise flipped over).
Staying at vet is last option, I think. They may get bad care and will be stressed out by environment change.