| Although all glass vivariums (terrariums) can look | | | | buy a home for your tortoise. There are glass |
| attractive they are not necessarily the best choice to | | | | vivariums or terrariums and commercially designed |
| house a tortoise. Your pet will naturally want to have | | | | cages you can buy, or home built wooden enclosures |
| some places to hide and shade from the heat. If the | | | | depending on your skill level. There is also the option |
| enclosure is too open it will become stressed and this | | | | of buying a plastic swimming pool which can be |
| may cause some physical healthy problems. If they | | | | adapted for your tortoise. |
| feel too exposed they will not settle and could | | | | If you do decide however, on a glass tortoise |
| become restless and ultimately this will also affect | | | | vivarium you should cover three sides of the case |
| their health and well being. Tortoises have been | | | | with either some cloth on the outside or paper or |
| known to beat themselves against the sides of a | | | | cardboard. This will provide some privacy for the |
| glass enclosure resulting in injury as are trying to get | | | | tortoise and he will be much happier and more |
| through the glass to the world beyond! | | | | content. |
| How Large? | | | | You could for the best of both worlds have a |
| Tortoises naturally forage around in the wild and in | | | | tortoise vivarium to showcase your prized pet for a |
| order to provide a suitable enclosure for your pet | | | | few hours but also have another more practical |
| tortoise you will have to mimic their natural | | | | enclosure where he can spend the majority of his |
| environment. This requires a considerable amount of | | | | time? This is of course added expense and extra |
| space and forethought. | | | | space needed but keeping and caring for your pet is |
| A small tortoise of approximately 12 inches will | | | | a major undertaking and should be thought through in |
| require an enclosure of 3 square yards. This is | | | | detail before you decide you wish to purchase one. |
| approximately 9ft by 9ft. | | | | After all they can out live you and you may have to |
| There a different options available to you to build or | | | | think of their care for many years! |