I have a male Russian living in a 16 square foot enclosure. Every single day he takes a dump on his basking spot, which is a big rock that doubles as a roof for his cave. The only way to clean off this rock is to take it outside and hose it off, which becomes a problem when the hose freezes in...
I have a male Russian tortoise, his enclosure is 6'X4' but I have 8 square feet separated and is used as a plant nursery where I grow his food. I have a bunch of stones stacked together to make a cave for him, and he can climb on top of it and that's also his basking spot. there are three or...