| The type of enclosure you decide to build for your | | | | make sure you have a more suitable enclosure for |
| pet will be determined by the specific species you | | | | your pet to live in for most of the time and only |
| choose. Many of the smaller varieties such as the | | | | place it in the glass vivarium for short periods. |
| Hermann or the Russian tortoise will live happily for | | | | You will also have to have an appropriate reptile light |
| years in a reasonably sized indoor enclosure. However | | | | and heating system so that your tortoise can have |
| if you decide to care for one of the larger varieties | | | | basking areas and the right amount of controlled |
| you may have to consider a larger outside enclosure. | | | | times of artificial daylight. This is especially important |
| Tortoise housing can be an expensive affair but if | | | | if your pet is going to live inside for all of its life. |
| you choose a smaller species then a specially built | | | | Photoperiods are vital for the health of a chelonian |
| table would be more than adequate in a suitable spot | | | | and if you do not balance the amount of daylight and |
| in your home. Try not to choose a glass vivarium to | | | | darkness correctly this too can cause physical illness |
| house your pet as these are not really the most | | | | and stress to your pet. |
| suitable environment. Tortoises like to have areas in | | | | Tortoise housing need not be a complicated or |
| which to hide away and burrow. They can become | | | | expensive business but you do have to plan it |
| stressed if they do not feel secure and have been | | | | properly in order to provide the best environment for |
| known to bash themselves against the sides of a | | | | your pet to live in for years to come. The priority is |
| glass vivarium trying to reach the world beyond! If | | | | to make whatever home you provide the best for |
| you do want to have a show piece glass enclosure | | | | the particular needs of the species you choose. |