okay I'm new to these forums and need some help. I've had 2 russian tortoises(don't know what sexes though) for about 4 years or so. right now they are in a large rubber maid with a wooden tunnel, substrate is playsand on bottom-reptibark in middle-timothy hay on top. I have a simple UVB tube over them and a pretty big plastic water dish. I feed them mixed lettuce you would get at the grocerry store and carrots with an occasional apple or some fruit. I know this is probably not the ideal enclosure for them because I got them when I was 12 and was stupid and just did what the pet store told me to. I keep them in for parts of the spring and fall and the entire winter. so all suggestions on giving them whatever will give them the best possible indoor enclosure would be great!
as for the outside enclosure this will be my first time building one. how big should it be? I plan on having a large den for them made out of rocks and lots of hay for burrowing. I will put a roof over the den and some parts so it doesn't get too damp because it can ran a lot at times in pittsburgh. It will be mainly grass and I will have a large water dish(not large enough for them to drown) and I will fill it up with a hose. I will have a large section filled up with plants(if anyone can give me a list of good plants for them to eat that would be great), this will be their main food source. How do I get them their calcium being in an outside enclosure with growing plants though(I normally dust their food)?
ALL suggestions would be great, even the smallest things because like I've said I've had a very basic set up for awhile and don't know much.
as for the outside enclosure this will be my first time building one. how big should it be? I plan on having a large den for them made out of rocks and lots of hay for burrowing. I will put a roof over the den and some parts so it doesn't get too damp because it can ran a lot at times in pittsburgh. It will be mainly grass and I will have a large water dish(not large enough for them to drown) and I will fill it up with a hose. I will have a large section filled up with plants(if anyone can give me a list of good plants for them to eat that would be great), this will be their main food source. How do I get them their calcium being in an outside enclosure with growing plants though(I normally dust their food)?
ALL suggestions would be great, even the smallest things because like I've said I've had a very basic set up for awhile and don't know much.