[5775brook]

Hi just joined.

My son went to a reptile specialists with his uncle and cousin and they returned with two turtles for my nephew and a tortoise for my son. Bad I know, we had not discussed this or researched the horsfields before hand yet the shop still sold the tortoise.

Anyway what's done is done and I want to make sure Logan is cared for properly. I have carried out research a nd getting mixed messages.

A quick run down of the setup, it's a glass vivarium they have sold him as part of the package, I have read these are good and Bad, good for temperature control and bad for humidity. If has a wire mess top so I am presuming the humidity won't be an issue. I am to put a boarder around the glass so the little guy doesn't get stressed out thinking it can keep venturing but just hit glass. Any advice on whether that is ok would be great.

They sold him some bark substrate but I have read this isn't great as they like to burrow so I have mixed half and half sand and top soil, he now has bark in his basking area and soil the rest. Do you guys think this ok and again any advice is appreciated. He has been quite active this morning, I have bathed him, he has then had a venture around his enclosure, eaten, basked for about 20 minutes then dug down in the bark in the corner and been there about an hour. Does this sound about right for morning routine? Was probably up an about for 4ish hours before going to the corner.

Thanks in advance for any advice