I have a 10 year old female Herman’s tortoise in a 4x3ft enclosure. Where she was living before I got her was about a 40 gallon tank. I take her out to roam around (with my supervision completely watching her the whole time) for about 30 minutes a day or ever other day. I also soak her almost...
I have my tortoise in a glass tank, but I have put paper on the outside of the bottom of the tank so it does not stress him out. Is it fine to keep him in there since I blocked his view? Should I put wood or something on the inside of his tank so it could possibly be more insulated and prevent...
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I have a 7 year old Herman’s tortoise. I originally had him in a 40 gallon glass tank because that is what the store told me. I then read that they need more space so I just put him in a 75 gallon glass tank yesterday. He keeps trying to climb the walls and I hear his shell...
So I would make all of the fiber “moist” but basically like wet soil would feel after a rain shower? If so, doesn’t the enclosure get infested with gnats? I live in Chicago so he is housed indoors right now.
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I have a Herman’s tortoise and recentlybought loose coconut Fiber but it keeps getting into his eyes and such so I added reptile bark, is that okay that I mixed substrates?
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I have recently obtained a 7 year old Herman’s tortoise. At first I had his substrate to be reptile bark and now I have loose coconut fiber substrate. What is the best type of substrate for a Herman’s tortoise. And do you need to moisten the soil??? I notice he kind of looks like...
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I just got my tortoise 2 days ago. I live in Chicago and for most time out of the year, can not keep my tortoise outside. I have a 40 gallon tank (I have now learned that glass is not the best so looking into tank wall paper) and he seems to kind of move around but curious to explore...