| When you are looking for authoritative tortoise | | | | Tortoise information - Detailed Knowledge? |
| information you may be forgiven for becoming | | | | You should be able to tell if any given website that |
| confused as to which information to trust! There is | | | | has information on tortoises is an authoritative one |
| so much information on the care of tortoises that | | | | by the amount of detail it provides. If the information |
| separating the wheat from the chaff can seem an | | | | is scant or appears to be superficial, move on to the |
| awesome task. | | | | next site. You have to be able to trust the articles |
| What to look for when researching? | | | | on the website or blog and a good rule of thumb is if |
| Your first port of call should be researching about the | | | | you have easy access to ask a question. Make sure |
| type of tortoise you are thinking of buying. What is | | | | there is a valid email for you to contact the site |
| it's natural habitat? What size will it grow to? How big | | | | owner if need be. |
| should its enclosure be and what sort of things should | | | | There are a number of excellent websites offering |
| you put into the tortoise enclosure? You will also | | | | detailed and authoritative tortoise information that will |
| need to research how to heat and light the home for | | | | help you to decide if this is the pet for you and if an |
| your pet. Tortoises are ectothermic and need to | | | | how you will be able to care for it successfully. The |
| obtain their heat in order to move around and | | | | main aim is after all to provide a safe and healthy |
| function normally, from either the sun or an artificially | | | | environment for your tortoise. |
| heat source such as a special reptile lamp. | | | | |