Hej.
My name is Marty and I am an owner of a Pancake Tortoise.
His name is Peter and I have no idea how old he is.
Peter is a fully grown male African Pancake Tortoise. He is 15 cm long and weighs around half a kilogram.
I've currently finished building his new home - a tortoise box.
The box is basically a crude build of plywood.
The box dimension is 190 x 75 x 30 cm.
Total area is around 1 meter squared.
The box is empty right now for 2 reasons.
One is that I painted the inside of the box with varnish and it still has not dried and since the solvent in that is very toxic to animals I have to wait until it has completely dried before putting him in there.
Second is that I have not the bloodiest idea what to fill it with. I have no idea what sand, substrae nor dirt I should buy for Peter so if you care to help him and me out, please point me in the right direction.
I also have no idea which lamps to buy either.
Right now Peter lives under the bathtab in my house since it is the hottest place that he can find but as soon as I get his new home ready he should be more comfy.
Cheers.
My name is Marty and I am an owner of a Pancake Tortoise.
His name is Peter and I have no idea how old he is.
Peter is a fully grown male African Pancake Tortoise. He is 15 cm long and weighs around half a kilogram.
I've currently finished building his new home - a tortoise box.
The box is basically a crude build of plywood.
The box dimension is 190 x 75 x 30 cm.
Total area is around 1 meter squared.
The box is empty right now for 2 reasons.
One is that I painted the inside of the box with varnish and it still has not dried and since the solvent in that is very toxic to animals I have to wait until it has completely dried before putting him in there.
Second is that I have not the bloodiest idea what to fill it with. I have no idea what sand, substrae nor dirt I should buy for Peter so if you care to help him and me out, please point me in the right direction.
I also have no idea which lamps to buy either.
Right now Peter lives under the bathtab in my house since it is the hottest place that he can find but as soon as I get his new home ready he should be more comfy.
Cheers.