MNGuy
Member
I'm doing research in preparation for adopting a tortoise one day. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but how do you arrange your tortoise enclosure in terms of where you place the water bowl, feeding station, humid hide, etc.? I've read the caresheets and stickies but can't find any answers.
My questions are:
1/ Should the humid hide go on the hot side near/under the basking light? Or, the cool side? Or, somewhere in the middle? (Part of me worries that the tortoise might want to camp out in it for moisture and if it's too cold the tortoise will get sick or will slow down and just not leave. I'm in Minnesota so right now my house can get into the mid to high 60s at night.)
2/ What about feeding station placement? Should it be near the warm side since heat = appetite?
3/ Water bowl?
Thank you.
My questions are:
1/ Should the humid hide go on the hot side near/under the basking light? Or, the cool side? Or, somewhere in the middle? (Part of me worries that the tortoise might want to camp out in it for moisture and if it's too cold the tortoise will get sick or will slow down and just not leave. I'm in Minnesota so right now my house can get into the mid to high 60s at night.)
2/ What about feeding station placement? Should it be near the warm side since heat = appetite?
3/ Water bowl?
Thank you.