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This is a little closer

More red

Here ya go.

One is definitely bigger then the other i will post a few pics tonight when i soak.

This site cracks me up. Like everyone in here just see a way to correct someone on a comment instead of answering the original question. If all these people with knowledge were so worried about it then have them answer the questions that never get answered or passed up because someone wants to...

So if not desert what dry "desert" grasslands?

Sub Saharan "Desert". The African spurred tortoise, also called the sulcata tortoise, is a species of tortoise, which inhabits the southern edge of the Sahara desert, in Africa. So if this not a desert what would it be considered because its definitely not a forest.

Just go out to Wal-Mart or wherever and buy a storage container. Mine is 36 Inches long 20 inches wide and 16 inches deep. You will be able to put about 4 inches of bedding down and still have room above them. sulcatas are a desert species so they need a basking spot. I'm sure others will chime...

First a ten gallon tank is glass. Tortoises being able to see out as a hatchling is stressful. You have to think a hatchlings job for the first few years of life is to stay hidden. Plus they will pace the sides alot because they are curious and really want out. Hence they dont know what they...

I've since added a humidistat. Its definitely helped ALOT!

Have the same one

Found this guy on the road today. Beautiful Male.

How big is the actual tort we are speaking about? Alot better advice can be given about proper space requirements.

You will have to do a closed chamber to he able to Increase humidity and be able to keep it. I have seen people on here use indoor greenhouses. Other then that you will probably have to build something. If you research closed chamber enclosure you will see some ideas.

This is what I had first and what I have now. The open air top and the basking light he would rarely come out.