nootnootbu
Active Member
I've seen a lot of contradicting information about proper enclosures for tortoises, mainly the humidity vs ventilation topic.
Some advocate for closed enclosures with better ability to maintain humidity, while a great many others seem to advocate for tortoise tables with more ventilation.
The torts I recently got came with a tortoise table style set up, and my other enclosures (at the moment) are open topped. I try to keep the temp in the room at at least 60-70f (typically it's easily as warm as it is outside during the day with the cooler temps typically only at night), it will be warmer in the summer months, more like 80s-90s, and they all have CHEs and heat pads for warmth as well as the tube UV bulbs for UV.
The torts also pretty much have the run of one room of the house, it's basically just the tort room, with a few other things stored in there, like just some stuffed animals, potted plants, and shelved things.
Could I possibly just get a humidifier for the room and keep them with their current open topped/tort table situations by regularly watering and possibly planting their substrates? I think by going this route we could have both great ventilation and good humidity?
I do live in Georgia, so the humidity here is often over 50%, but not always, and it's probably a little lower inside the house?
They are also going to have some outdoor time this year during warm days, and when I move(probably in a year or two), they're going to get large outdoor enclosures with insulated houses for the chilly nights, and will still be mostly overwintered indoors.
Some advocate for closed enclosures with better ability to maintain humidity, while a great many others seem to advocate for tortoise tables with more ventilation.
The torts I recently got came with a tortoise table style set up, and my other enclosures (at the moment) are open topped. I try to keep the temp in the room at at least 60-70f (typically it's easily as warm as it is outside during the day with the cooler temps typically only at night), it will be warmer in the summer months, more like 80s-90s, and they all have CHEs and heat pads for warmth as well as the tube UV bulbs for UV.
The torts also pretty much have the run of one room of the house, it's basically just the tort room, with a few other things stored in there, like just some stuffed animals, potted plants, and shelved things.
Could I possibly just get a humidifier for the room and keep them with their current open topped/tort table situations by regularly watering and possibly planting their substrates? I think by going this route we could have both great ventilation and good humidity?
I do live in Georgia, so the humidity here is often over 50%, but not always, and it's probably a little lower inside the house?
They are also going to have some outdoor time this year during warm days, and when I move(probably in a year or two), they're going to get large outdoor enclosures with insulated houses for the chilly nights, and will still be mostly overwintered indoors.