lwphinney
New Member
Hi all! I have always loved tortoises but have never owned one. My husband surprised me today with two testudo tortoises for Christmas! They are a male and a female, I'm not sure of their age. He got them from Petsmart. We currently have them in a 40 gallon glass terrarium and I've since learned those aren't the best because they will keep trying to get out. If we buy some of the background stuff they use for aquariums and cover the bottom half would that help the situation? We plan to build an outdoor space for them, once winter is over, and let them stay in it during the day, since we have natural growing clover, thistle, and wild strawberries in our yard. I have already ordered some dried organic herbs to mix in with the grassland tortoise food we got from Petsmart. We have a basking light and a warming light, a log for them to hide under, and a water bowl. How are we doing so far?