My partner has wanted a tortoise for the past few years and I was thinking of buying him a vivarium for his birthday so he can finally get round to owning one. Unfortunately we are having to live apart at the moment due to work but we are planning on moving in together in the next year or so as soon as we can get work in the same place.
We only live 2 hours apart by car and he visits me about once a month for a few days or so and he is reluctant to get a tortoise as he's not sure it would be able to travel. The consensus seems to be that tortoises can travel so long as they have the right container and precautions are taken with heat etc. but I'm a bit of a newbie to all this and wouldn't want to be cruel and cause unecessary stress to the tortoise.
Would the species type make a difference? He had been looking at Horsefield or Herman tortoises as they seem to be the most suited to the cooler UK temperatures.
Thanks guys.
We only live 2 hours apart by car and he visits me about once a month for a few days or so and he is reluctant to get a tortoise as he's not sure it would be able to travel. The consensus seems to be that tortoises can travel so long as they have the right container and precautions are taken with heat etc. but I'm a bit of a newbie to all this and wouldn't want to be cruel and cause unecessary stress to the tortoise.
Would the species type make a difference? He had been looking at Horsefield or Herman tortoises as they seem to be the most suited to the cooler UK temperatures.
Thanks guys.