Winter food Issue.

[sulandcata]

1. Having the tortoise with a dog is just as bad as having that two tortoises together. You are risking that tortoises life. Bring the dog inside the house. Crate train the dog and let it out for supervised potty breaks. The dog doesn't need to be in a 27C tortoise house. That is too hot for a dog.

2. Length of time someone has been keeping tortoises the wrong way doesn't mean they know what they are doing. I start keeping them wrong in 1979 and didn't learn better until about 2008. That is a lot of years doing it the old wrong way. I'm glad you are able to discern who to listen to and I hope our info will help you and your tortoises.

3. Closed it is. Lamp aren't a problem if the are not cooking the top of the tortoise, but that seems like a really inefficient way to heat them. If its working for you and the temperatures are correct, I will stop bugging you about it.

6. You don't need anything from the store. You can just use regular dirt that they walk on when they are outside.

Thank you for all the comments
1 Got cinder blocks to separate outside and a better wood to separate on the enclosure will put it tomorrow. I got enough cinder blocks for a 2 block high wide blocks for the separation I hope that is enough for them not to move it.
2 Yes I can understand that it happened to me with fish I know it is a complete diferent species but I understand the sentiment.
3.- Yes it is overengenieered but is that I dont trust heatmats since the once I have seen dont have a temperature control feature and 15 years ago I lost a sand borrowing lizard because of that That is why I went with this approach
6.- Was able to read this one on time thank you I still got some wood and cinder blocks to get the separation going.

Once again thank you very much for all the help in the last couple of days.