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Hi there. I’ve just got a baby horsefield tortoise. Had him for a couple days and he’s seeming all good! Just have one question regarding night time temperature if anyone could help. We have him in a tortoise table, and so far for the first couple of nights he’s insisted on being in the open...

I have a rescued Sulcata that my boyfriend and I took ownership of probably around last April/May. He had a really nice outdoor enclosure and he used to only come inside at night (we have a lot of predators in our area), but now he's permanently inside for the winter and until we move (I go to...

Hi all! My sulcata, Banjo, is two months away from hitting two years old. He stays outside from the time I wake up, and as it gets dark, I bring him inside for him to sleep. However, I have started to think that it may be a good time to keep him outside fulltime. At night, he sleeps in a decent...

I'm a curious person, and I love to learn about tortoises. Does anyone know how well can they see in the dark? Are any species active during the night? I know that some box turtles are active before dawn. I assume indoors, some tortoises get caught out when the lights turn off suddenly, although...