Hi everyone!
I've been a long-time lurker here and am quite shocked I'm only just signing up now!
I absolutely love my two Russian Horsefield tortoises, Florence and Matt (Matt is a girl, Florence is a boy, and we refuse to swap the names now we know their genders ?
Anyway, Matt, the larger tortoise, has a habit of scratching the walls, so much so that (s)he can essentially get vertical against the wall and stand up on his back legs scratching at the wall
I really try to treat them well and give them really varied diet, as well as changing the substrate every couple of weeks. (It's about 5" deep but they don't dig much tbh)
About a year go, my girlfriends Dad build this enclosure for them. The walls are 12" high. And the enclosure is 1.5ft wide by 4.3ft long.
I've included a picture with a satsuma for scale![139717558_233252648422889_1709073473089881289_n.jpg 139717558_233252648422889_1709073473089881289_n.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/301/301884-3ab8c1a6b8d4a8dc7a802f66c5dcc89c.jpg)
I've been a long-time lurker here and am quite shocked I'm only just signing up now!
I absolutely love my two Russian Horsefield tortoises, Florence and Matt (Matt is a girl, Florence is a boy, and we refuse to swap the names now we know their genders ?
Anyway, Matt, the larger tortoise, has a habit of scratching the walls, so much so that (s)he can essentially get vertical against the wall and stand up on his back legs scratching at the wall
I really try to treat them well and give them really varied diet, as well as changing the substrate every couple of weeks. (It's about 5" deep but they don't dig much tbh)
About a year go, my girlfriends Dad build this enclosure for them. The walls are 12" high. And the enclosure is 1.5ft wide by 4.3ft long.
I've included a picture with a satsuma for scale
![139717558_233252648422889_1709073473089881289_n.jpg 139717558_233252648422889_1709073473089881289_n.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/301/301884-3ab8c1a6b8d4a8dc7a802f66c5dcc89c.jpg)