Tortoise Hide is it must have at enclosure?

[Chip0282]

Hello I'm Alvin from Indonesia. For indoor enclosure , do we need to place hide / cave ? What happen if we didn't put it.

Enclosure temperature varied between 30 C - 34 C for my leopard pardalis. Or do we need Hide for certain tortoise?

Thanks

 

[Tom]

All tortoises need a place to hide and feel safe and secure. The humidity contained in a hide will also help them to grow smoother.

Here is the correct care info:

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

tortoiseforum.org

 

[wellington]

Agree they need a hide. What is the reason you don't want to give one?

 

[Chip0282]

some said without hide can make your tortoise not shy or easily scared to human

But ill put hide, thanks for the advice