Hi everyone!
I'm first-time tortoise owner and want to thank all of your for your help in getting Zoe, my yearling Cherry-head tortoise, settled in. I did a lot of searching trying to get the right stuff for her when she arrived last month and this forum and questions were such a great help, so thanks!
I'd like you to meet Zoe, she was hatched in AL on Feb 11 and arrived here in Massachusetts on Aug 5 at 85g. Now she's about 106g and seems quite content, I think, even though she always has that turtle-grumpy-face on. I'm trying my best to be a good owner but we are definitely doing a lot of learning together. I'm still trying to nail down this whole "humidity" thing, which is soon going to need to be figured out as it is already fall here in New England and our winters are dry dry dry! I'm planning on building her a proper wooden enclosure / tortoise table in the next month, right now she is living in a planted sweater-box type enclosure (35" x 18" x 7"), but I don't think it's quite big enough for a proper dry end and a wet end. I'm thinking of something L-shaped to fit in the corner of a room, anyone with any feedback on that shape - drawbacks, ideas - would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much for your feedback! And thanks for your help - from the past, and in the future!
Kat
I'm first-time tortoise owner and want to thank all of your for your help in getting Zoe, my yearling Cherry-head tortoise, settled in. I did a lot of searching trying to get the right stuff for her when she arrived last month and this forum and questions were such a great help, so thanks!
I'd like you to meet Zoe, she was hatched in AL on Feb 11 and arrived here in Massachusetts on Aug 5 at 85g. Now she's about 106g and seems quite content, I think, even though she always has that turtle-grumpy-face on. I'm trying my best to be a good owner but we are definitely doing a lot of learning together. I'm still trying to nail down this whole "humidity" thing, which is soon going to need to be figured out as it is already fall here in New England and our winters are dry dry dry! I'm planning on building her a proper wooden enclosure / tortoise table in the next month, right now she is living in a planted sweater-box type enclosure (35" x 18" x 7"), but I don't think it's quite big enough for a proper dry end and a wet end. I'm thinking of something L-shaped to fit in the corner of a room, anyone with any feedback on that shape - drawbacks, ideas - would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much for your feedback! And thanks for your help - from the past, and in the future!
Kat