sushithedragon
New Member
Hi everyone, I’m brand new to this forum as I don’t know anything about tortoises and I’m personally not going to own one
BUT I live with my boyfriend and his parents and his mum is impulse-adopting a tortoise today. It is so impulse that I’m not sure what type of tortoise he is. All I know is he’s 23 years old. From what I can gather he’s quite big so that may help with determining the breed. I read up a bit online and I’ve read about heating and uvb lighting (I own a bearded dragon so I know how essential these are for reptiles).
I was sceptical if she was even going to provide the tortoise with this so I sort of asked her in a sneaky way as I’m awful with confrontation. Well I was right and she’s not, she is just going to allow him to hibernate (it’s been very cold in the U.K.)
Anyway as someone who doesn’t know much, I need advice on whether this is okay or not? I’m assuming they need uvb as well, which she isn’t providing either, as I know other reptiles do. Another thing, he will be permanently living outside 😫 I just don’t want this tortoise to have a bad life or become ill. I know he’s not my pet but I am an animal lover.
BUT I live with my boyfriend and his parents and his mum is impulse-adopting a tortoise today. It is so impulse that I’m not sure what type of tortoise he is. All I know is he’s 23 years old. From what I can gather he’s quite big so that may help with determining the breed. I read up a bit online and I’ve read about heating and uvb lighting (I own a bearded dragon so I know how essential these are for reptiles).
I was sceptical if she was even going to provide the tortoise with this so I sort of asked her in a sneaky way as I’m awful with confrontation. Well I was right and she’s not, she is just going to allow him to hibernate (it’s been very cold in the U.K.)
Anyway as someone who doesn’t know much, I need advice on whether this is okay or not? I’m assuming they need uvb as well, which she isn’t providing either, as I know other reptiles do. Another thing, he will be permanently living outside 😫 I just don’t want this tortoise to have a bad life or become ill. I know he’s not my pet but I am an animal lover.