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What did your indoor housing look like? How did you set it up?

Thanks for the tips and warnings @Tom! I've only had them inside for a couple weeks so I could find a way to help keep them sufficiently warm during the next couple months. This post I found a while ago and is what I modeled the outdoors hidey hut after...

They do have a great set up with substrate, sand and a big heated (as best I can with door openings) hidey-hut (with different sections for them to be separated) out on the balcony, it's just been so cold I don't want them to linger out there. But they get direct sunlight outside on the balcony...

I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for an indoor basking area for my two 2-year old sulcata torts? I live in a 1/1 apartment that's mostly carpeted but I made sure to have a huge balcony for the them. I live in NC so the weather has been in the 40's lately - too cold for them to just...

Yeah, I realized that the neighbor's palm tree reaches over the habitat and it's dropping these seeds.

I know this is pretty gross, so I apologize for that!

I noticed today that my smaller tort was passing some yellow ball/seed looking things and I have no idea what the cause of them are? She's not had any food that resembles or contains this kind of shape. Mostly lettuce/grasses some apple slices and that's about it. Has anyone experienced this or...

Hmmm that COULD be it, but is there anything else could it be? I don't know when the bubbles first started, but the heat lamp hasn't been really on lately.

I know it's definitely not normal but I can't think of what it could be? My other tort doesn't have this and she has the same living conditions. And I can see a white layer underneath where that crusty/bumpy layer is.. Here's a better pic:

I noticed this the other day and thought maybe it may have gotten a little too dry? But I'm not sure what else it could be. Does anybody know?

LOO: - 12" circumference - 7" length top shell - 7.5" width top shell - 5" length bottom shell - 4.25" width bottom shell LORETTA: - 9.5" circumference - 5.5" length top shell - 6" width top shell - 4" length bottom shell - 3.5" width bottom shell

Some recent photos taken within the last month. They're now 1 year, 2 months - happy as can be! They're starting to come to me when I talk to them and just hang out by me :)

Her shell layers seem to be almost glued together? Is this ok/normal?

Yeah this is just temporary for a couple months while I'm gone and my parents are taking care of them - they're still pretty small and definitely have a LOT of space to adventure. Even though it's hot, I made sure that where they're placed is more than half in the shade and with usual cooling...

They absolutely love it!

Also, do tortoises eat Timothy Hay? If so, at what age?

What is one or a couple of good resources to buy these pads at?

What are the health benefits to these?

At what age can sulcatas start eating cactus pads? Mine are about 10 months now.

How do you have the hose on a timer? I've been wanting to create a humidifier but I don't know where to begin. I was thinking something with a hose but I don't know of timing it except for the sprinkler system.