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Originally Posted by ben_e71
When I gave them loads of soil last year they dug in it and I lost them in 8m2 of soil and I had to dig it all by hand to find them. That's why te soil was in the house. Will they not bask on the slates?
Genuine questions - just trying to work out how best to help them. Also if. Put more soil outside what do I put in the house? Am I not going to end up with more places they can dig in?
I hear you re hiding places as they tend to dig into the corners of the slate. So maybe I need to get then some plant pots or tunnels they can hide in.
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Well my tortoises will turn sideways up a brick wall to warm first thing in the mornings, but they never bask on my slabs. Just the soil.
Broken plant pots are great for tortoises to hide in:0)
Can you not do half soil and half slate. The problem with thin slate is it gets very very hot. You need the thick slate for tortoises to bask on. It needs to be an inch or two thick, to be able to disperse the heat, rather than scorching hot:0)