We acquired two Russian tortoises for our daughters from some folks on Craigslist about a year ago. They thought they were about 8 years old but didn't know for sure. I don't know how long they had them or where they came from. They came with a large aquarium, a heat lamp and daylight lamp, a hide/home, water dish and food dish.
We decided that they really needed more room so we built a larger enclosure from a table we got from a friend. Originally it had boards across the front but we decided we really wanted to be able to see in so my wife picked up some tempered glass from the ReStore and I framed some in to make windows in the front. Hercules (smaller male) is happy to be able to run away from Athena who seems to really enjoy sitting halfway on top of him.
We decided that they really needed more room so we built a larger enclosure from a table we got from a friend. Originally it had boards across the front but we decided we really wanted to be able to see in so my wife picked up some tempered glass from the ReStore and I framed some in to make windows in the front. Hercules (smaller male) is happy to be able to run away from Athena who seems to really enjoy sitting halfway on top of him.