Winston's mom
New Member
Hi all,
I adopted my 4 year old Russian tortoise from a couple last week, who had him in a small vivarium/ tank that was about 2 feet x 1 foot with beech wood chips as a substrate.
We've bought him a tortoise table from Reptile Centre which is 90 x 45 x 21.5 cm (roughly 3 foot x 2 foot). I consulted with them on which is the best substrate and they said to use ProRep Tortoise Life Bio Substrate which would be better for him.
I bought the complete tortoise table set-up so he now has a D3 UV basking lamp and the basking spot is around 31.5 C degrees.
I've been told this is much better for him, but he's just scratching at the sides to get out all of the time!
We also have a little space in our living room where we let him roam supervised for a bit, and we have a little enclosure to take him outside when the weather is nice so he can roam around (supervised) on the grass. We live in the UK so he'll be an indoor tort but will take him outside (supervised!) weather permitting.
Will he settle once he gets used to it? Help! I feel really bad hearing him scratch to get out
Thank you!
I adopted my 4 year old Russian tortoise from a couple last week, who had him in a small vivarium/ tank that was about 2 feet x 1 foot with beech wood chips as a substrate.
We've bought him a tortoise table from Reptile Centre which is 90 x 45 x 21.5 cm (roughly 3 foot x 2 foot). I consulted with them on which is the best substrate and they said to use ProRep Tortoise Life Bio Substrate which would be better for him.
I bought the complete tortoise table set-up so he now has a D3 UV basking lamp and the basking spot is around 31.5 C degrees.
I've been told this is much better for him, but he's just scratching at the sides to get out all of the time!
We also have a little space in our living room where we let him roam supervised for a bit, and we have a little enclosure to take him outside when the weather is nice so he can roam around (supervised) on the grass. We live in the UK so he'll be an indoor tort but will take him outside (supervised!) weather permitting.
Will he settle once he gets used to it? Help! I feel really bad hearing him scratch to get out
Thank you!