Hello everyone! I am a new tortoise owner and after researching for a while, I decided to get an Egyptian Tortoise a while ago. I’ve now had Milo (short for Meiolania, a turtle from the Pleistocene epoch. I’m a bit of a nerd) for two weeks and he seems to be doing really well! I would love some suggestions on how to care for him/her and give them their best life! Currently, Milo is a little over 4 months old and is living in a ZooMed Tortoise House with a 50/50 mix of reptiles and and organic soil (covers about 2 inches off the bottom of the enclosure) and crushed oyster shell on the top half inch. He has hides, a water dish, and I feed him daily a mix of some spring mix with dandelion when it’s been available at my local grocery store. I also have been mixing in some Mazuri pellets a few times a week with his greens and sprinkle a bit of calcium+D3 powder on his food three times per week. I have his basking spot around 95-100 degrees during the day and the rest of the enclosure stays about 85-95 degrees all day. I also have a he gets a soak for half-an-hour everyday and seems to love it! His enclosure also gets misted in the morning since I don’t have a fogger/humid area set up yet.
He doesn’t seem to spend much time over in the completely enclosed side of the house and prefers to stay in the open side. I’ve already noticed that he is incredibly curious, he comes up to me when I put his food down or change his water and never goes into his shell when I’m moving around or gently picking him up for his soak. I apologize for this being such a long post, I am new to the forum and new to keeping tortoises so I wanted to give as much detail as possible so I can get more input on how I’m doing so far. I absolutely love the little guy/girl already and he’s already a massive part of my life. I’ve attached a couple pictures of him and his current setup. Thank you and I’m glad that I’m now a forum member with a tortoise of my own now instead of admiring from afar!
He doesn’t seem to spend much time over in the completely enclosed side of the house and prefers to stay in the open side. I’ve already noticed that he is incredibly curious, he comes up to me when I put his food down or change his water and never goes into his shell when I’m moving around or gently picking him up for his soak. I apologize for this being such a long post, I am new to the forum and new to keeping tortoises so I wanted to give as much detail as possible so I can get more input on how I’m doing so far. I absolutely love the little guy/girl already and he’s already a massive part of my life. I’ve attached a couple pictures of him and his current setup. Thank you and I’m glad that I’m now a forum member with a tortoise of my own now instead of admiring from afar!