Enclosure question

[TheTortoiseking]

I would like to enlarge my tortoises enclosure and was thinking that this would work with a pond liner. What to you think?

 

[wellington]

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[TheTortoiseking]

KING BIRD 6x3x1 ft Raised Garden Bed with Cover Galvanized Oval Planter Garden Box Outdoor for Gardening, Vegetables, Flowers , Clear with a pond liner​

 

[wellington]

Looks great.we recommend pop up greenhouses or raised garden beds all the time. This uses both.

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

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KING BIRD 6x3x1 ft Raised Garden Bed with Cover Galvanized Oval Planter Garden Box Outdoor for Gardening, Vegetables, Flowers , Clear with a pond liner​

This is great, but it of course won't last the rest of your tortoises life. Yours was already an adult, right?

 

[TheTortoiseking]

yes but it will be indoors

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

I think you’ll find this thread very helpful to read! It covers correct equipment(make sure you have the right bulbs&heating), correct levels, substrates, appropriately maintaining humidity, sizing, lots of visual examples for everything and a good diet link to check out!

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

I’d also familiarise yourself with this one to help you avoid the wrong bulbs, substrates, housing etc, I also encourage you to double check your purchases on here first

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 this helps!