Eric True
New Member
So I live in a dorm room, and me and my buddy/roommate thought it would be cool to get a tortoise for our room (even though there's like no room for a big cage, but we made it work), and we bought a year old or so Russian Tortoise yesterday. A couple nights ago I was vigorously researching the Russian tortoise and it said they need uvb light and a heat lamp, but the woman we bought from at petsmart yesterday said the tortoise doesn't need a heat lamp or a uvb light, so we bought a heat pad that we keep under the glass terrarium thing we got for him and I'm using my desk lamp to light up the area in the cage where the heat pad is. So I guess my two main questions are
1.) Do we need to order a heat lamp and uvb light? Or are we fine as is (I'm guessing not)
2.) Are there ways to prevent the tortoise from trying to escape and flipping over? Because that is my biggest fear right now, that while at class he'll flip over and we won't be there. And we only have the big hidy cave, a big water tray/bath thing, and a food dish full of food and one plant thing plastered against the far wall, nothing in the corners
I guess I'm in the stage right now of freaking out about everything. That's why I signed up here to ask all the questions I need to. Any help is appreciated.
1.) Do we need to order a heat lamp and uvb light? Or are we fine as is (I'm guessing not)
2.) Are there ways to prevent the tortoise from trying to escape and flipping over? Because that is my biggest fear right now, that while at class he'll flip over and we won't be there. And we only have the big hidy cave, a big water tray/bath thing, and a food dish full of food and one plant thing plastered against the far wall, nothing in the corners
I guess I'm in the stage right now of freaking out about everything. That's why I signed up here to ask all the questions I need to. Any help is appreciated.