I have been reading a lot about different tortoises and while I want to pick one I like I also want to make sure I'm making a good choice for the tortoise.
I live in northern Indiana so winters get down to zero some times. I will be keeping him on a tortoise table (25-30 square feet) in my basement in the winter but once it warms up they can be keep out side but that could he as little as 4 months a year so primarily indoors. It was still in the lower 40s a few weeks ago at night.
The main ones I'm looking at are Russian, greek, western hermins, and hingeback.
I like the Russian and greek a lot so those might work well, plus i have a Russian and my son has a greek. Not wanting to get rid of these guys but if they would do better we are willing to rehome them.
The western hermins look very cool and are more tolerant of the colder from what I have read. They are a little smaller than the others.
The hingeback look very cool, they like more humidity so they are a strong front runner in my choice. I like the looks of these a lot.
Another one I keep seeing is the Red foot but those do get a little bigger so would like to be able to keep them outside more.
So my questions are
Am I missing any?
Of the ones I listed which is more tolerant of the cold winters?
And which do better indoors?
I live in northern Indiana so winters get down to zero some times. I will be keeping him on a tortoise table (25-30 square feet) in my basement in the winter but once it warms up they can be keep out side but that could he as little as 4 months a year so primarily indoors. It was still in the lower 40s a few weeks ago at night.
The main ones I'm looking at are Russian, greek, western hermins, and hingeback.
I like the Russian and greek a lot so those might work well, plus i have a Russian and my son has a greek. Not wanting to get rid of these guys but if they would do better we are willing to rehome them.
The western hermins look very cool and are more tolerant of the colder from what I have read. They are a little smaller than the others.
The hingeback look very cool, they like more humidity so they are a strong front runner in my choice. I like the looks of these a lot.
Another one I keep seeing is the Red foot but those do get a little bigger so would like to be able to keep them outside more.
So my questions are
Am I missing any?
Of the ones I listed which is more tolerant of the cold winters?
And which do better indoors?
And good luck.
