tort310
New Member
Greetings TF family! My wife and I want to get our son a turtle for Christmas. I have been doing a bit of research and lurking a bit on TF, and today I decided to create an account in order to get the best use out of the forum. We live in Los Angeles and own to dogs.
-I want to get either a leopard, russian, or________. If I were to want to add a second tort a year or two later, would my tort welcome it? I know that Russians don't like company.
-I used to own a beardie years ago and the screw on UVB bulbs were frowned upon for beardies, but I see many ppl online using them. What do you think about those mercury vapor screw on bulbs? Sould I go with a t5/t8 UVB fixture?
-Can I keep my tort's enclosure indoors or will I eventually need to make an outdoor enclosure?
-What size enclosure would I need to have? I see a lot of huge setups on YT, that would not be feasible where I live. do they need a screen on top?
This youtube video shows a simple setup, but it looks a bit more of a temporary setup.
Glad to be part of the forum and Ilook forward to learning a look about these amazing reptiles.
-I want to get either a leopard, russian, or________. If I were to want to add a second tort a year or two later, would my tort welcome it? I know that Russians don't like company.
-I used to own a beardie years ago and the screw on UVB bulbs were frowned upon for beardies, but I see many ppl online using them. What do you think about those mercury vapor screw on bulbs? Sould I go with a t5/t8 UVB fixture?
-Can I keep my tort's enclosure indoors or will I eventually need to make an outdoor enclosure?
-What size enclosure would I need to have? I see a lot of huge setups on YT, that would not be feasible where I live. do they need a screen on top?
This youtube video shows a simple setup, but it looks a bit more of a temporary setup.
Glad to be part of the forum and Ilook forward to learning a look about these amazing reptiles.