Hi Rach, and Welcome.
While there are many conflicting opinions to be found, but the main chorus sounds the same...
http://www.deerfernfarms.com/Tortoise_Care.htm
http://www.anapsid.org/torthatchlings.html
http://www.hermannihaven.com/#!care-and-maintenance/c1my5
http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/hermannstortoisecare.htm
If I were to offer some observations:
Glass fronts drive tortoises to distraction - perhaps you can put up a solid visual barrier 20 cm. high at least.
A couple of hiding places will be used and appreciated by tortoises; one should be humid with deep layers of moisture-retaining substrate.
The kind of closed vivarium you have is not ideal; small and stuffy. It would be wise to start planning for a new enclosure as soon as you can.
I would ask:
The red heat lamp is concerning; how warm is it under the lamp? How warm at the end away from the lamp? Is there a normal white light source in the vivarium? How far above the animal is the UVB light?
If the diet is going to come from supermarkets and petstores, can you occasionally go collect weeds to supplement the store-bought stuff? (Yes, you can find edible weeds, even in the Midlands, even in winter...)
I think if you settle on the tried and tested methods in the care sheets above, your new guy will thrive. Best wishes.
While there are many conflicting opinions to be found, but the main chorus sounds the same...
http://www.deerfernfarms.com/Tortoise_Care.htm
http://www.anapsid.org/torthatchlings.html
http://www.hermannihaven.com/#!care-and-maintenance/c1my5
http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/hermannstortoisecare.htm
If I were to offer some observations:
Glass fronts drive tortoises to distraction - perhaps you can put up a solid visual barrier 20 cm. high at least.
A couple of hiding places will be used and appreciated by tortoises; one should be humid with deep layers of moisture-retaining substrate.
The kind of closed vivarium you have is not ideal; small and stuffy. It would be wise to start planning for a new enclosure as soon as you can.
I would ask:
The red heat lamp is concerning; how warm is it under the lamp? How warm at the end away from the lamp? Is there a normal white light source in the vivarium? How far above the animal is the UVB light?
If the diet is going to come from supermarkets and petstores, can you occasionally go collect weeds to supplement the store-bought stuff? (Yes, you can find edible weeds, even in the Midlands, even in winter...)
I think if you settle on the tried and tested methods in the care sheets above, your new guy will thrive. Best wishes.