I just got my first tortoise today (a 3 month old Elongated) and was referred here by the guy I got them from. I keep lots of snakes and lizards and other critters...and kept a box turtle when I was little that was "mine" but actually just happened to live in my yard, but this little one is my first tortoise. Any suggestions or stories anyone has to share would be awesome! =) I have her? in a 20 gallon aquarium with a mossy side (where her water is) and a side with a mixture of wet eco-earth and a little bit of mulch and a hide. Her heating pad is on that side and I have a heat emitter kind of mid-way between the two sides.