size of the enclousure
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What size tortoise are you getting and where do you live? My strategy is to have a 4x8' indoor enclosure. This lasts them for their first year and half or so, when I move them outside full time. They normally hatch late spring or summer. I keep them inside for their first winter or two. By then they are too big to be inside all the time. By the time they are around 5 or 6" mine are outside all day everyday, weather permitting, and they only sleep in their indoor enclosure at night. Once they get 8-10", I move them into outdoor enclosures with thermostatically controlled heated shelters.
For babies and hatchlings, I just put them outside on nice days, so no heat sources. On cold days, or at night, I bring them inside to their temperature controlled indoor enclosures.
Once they get big enough to live outside, I build them a suitable house and heat it any number of ways. There are many way to accomplish this. Here are two of my favorites:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-28662.html#axzz29TCvQ99F
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-20527.html#axzz29TCvQ99F
If you are getting a hatchling, you are a year or two away from having to worry about this. Here is what you need to be worrying about:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-32333.html#axzz29TCvQ99F
And this:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-23493.html#axzz29TCvQ99F
Once they get big enough to live outside, I build them a suitable house and heat it any number of ways. There are many way to accomplish this. Here are two of my favorites:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-28662.html#axzz29TCvQ99F
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-20527.html#axzz29TCvQ99F
If you are getting a hatchling, you are a year or two away from having to worry about this. Here is what you need to be worrying about:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-32333.html#axzz29TCvQ99F
And this:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-23493.html#axzz29TCvQ99F
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