tort

Grate · 20-10-2007, 06:11 PM

hay i have been on a bunch of forums and this seems like one of the best i have seen...!
!!well done!!
i need advice on what type of tortoise i should get because of my predicament ,I live in the UK and am sharing a house with 4 people and I have no garden.
so i was thinking is there a tort that would be fine staying in the same room, because he could use all the floor space of my room and have an indoor pen in the corner of the room so he could walk out around the room when and if he wanted..

I will only be living like this for another 2 years.

so basically is there a tortoise for me what type should i get .....

midi-mania · 20-10-2007, 06:12 PM

he would need to get outdoors nomatter what tortoise you got and you would need a garden to get weeds from...

**sarah** · 20-10-2007, 06:14 PM

Hello and a warm welcome and im glad you like the forum. Well a tortoise really needs an outside enclosure they are wild animals and love being outside. I would wait untill you have a garden

midi-mania · 20-10-2007, 06:14 PM

or mabe you could keep one at a local family members house?

Grate · 20-10-2007, 06:18 PM

i have a garden but being in the city i cant leave him out side on his own.... but i have a large room
are there no types that can stay in doors like some sort of house tort or cave tort..

geordie mark · 20-10-2007, 06:30 PM

soryy i seriously doubt that you could keep a tortoise indoors all of the time i know its been done but i cant see it being very nice for the tortoise and also its not advised too let your tortoise roam the floors of your house like in the dark ages there ideally kept in a tortoise table and need UVB and heat bulbs ! can you not build a little enclosure for your tortoise too go in the garden with like a cage over it etc and you cn keep an eye on it im not sure if its any good but there is a tortoise run available from argos ! like a prtable 1 till you can get sorted out with a proper garden

tortoiseboy · 20-10-2007, 06:32 PM

it depends what kind of inside enclosure you could make. if you could have a piece of turf down and plants and stuff maybe.

midi-mania · 20-10-2007, 06:59 PM

but the bottom line is that its better to wait untill you get a garden (preferably back garden so people cant see the tort)

DAISY · 20-10-2007, 07:28 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong someone, but the main reason for housing outdoors is for the natural sunlight so no matter how much turf or plants you put in you can never truly replicate the sun even with the best lighting.

Rach

linda · 20-10-2007, 07:32 PM

you got it in one rach

20-10-2007, 06:11 PM	#1
Grate Junior Member Egg Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: leicester Posts: 20	tort hay i have been on a bunch of forums and this seems like one of the best i have seen...! !!well done!! i need advice on what type of tortoise i should get because of my predicament ,I live in the UK and am sharing a house with 4 people and I have no garden. so i was thinking is there a tort that would be fine staying in the same room, because he could use all the floor space of my room and have an indoor pen in the corner of the room so he could walk out around the room when and if he wanted.. I will only be living like this for another 2 years. so basically is there a tortoise for me what type should i get ..... __________________ http://bp3.blogger.com/_-n8tSR0bpOw/..._01_defend.gif

20-10-2007, 06:12 PM	#2
midi-mania Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: mersyside Posts: 1,058	he would need to get outdoors nomatter what tortoise you got and you would need a garden to get weeds from... __________________ Gav

20-10-2007, 06:14 PM	#3
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	Hello and a warm welcome and im glad you like the forum. Well a tortoise really needs an outside enclosure they are wild animals and love being outside. I would wait untill you have a garden __________________ Click: www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk STRUGGLING TO FIND WEEDS? LOOK AT OUR DRIED WEEDS 'READY TO FEED' Home of 'Grow Your Own Food' Bearded Dragon, Tortoise, Rabbit, Hamster seed mixes from 89p FREE POST Livefood, Thermostats, Housing, Heating, Mercury Vapour bulbs, UVB etc etc CHEAP PRICES TORTOISES ARE MY PASSION

20-10-2007, 06:14 PM	#4
midi-mania Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: mersyside Posts: 1,058	or mabe you could keep one at a local family members house? __________________ Gav

20-10-2007, 06:18 PM	#5
Grate Junior Member Egg Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: leicester Posts: 20	well i have a garden but being in the city i cant leave him out side on his own.... but i have a large room are there no types that can stay in doors like some sort of house tort or cave tort.. __________________ http://bp3.blogger.com/_-n8tSR0bpOw/..._01_defend.gif

20-10-2007, 06:30 PM	#6
geordie mark Member Juvenile Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: south shields, NE, England Posts: 920	soryy i seriously doubt that you could keep a tortoise indoors all of the time i know its been done but i cant see it being very nice for the tortoise and also its not advised too let your tortoise roam the floors of your house like in the dark ages there ideally kept in a tortoise table and need UVB and heat bulbs ! can you not build a little enclosure for your tortoise too go in the garden with like a cage over it etc and you cn keep an eye on it im not sure if its any good but there is a tortoise run available from argos ! like a prtable 1 till you can get sorted out with a proper garden __________________ Mark. T.H.Hercegvenensis 1.0.0 S.P. Babcocki 0.1.0 Chelonoidis Carbonaria 0.1.0 (My Parents) West Highland White Terrier 1.0.0 Scottish Terrier 1.0.0

20-10-2007, 06:32 PM	#7
tortoiseboy Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: My house Posts: 1,340	it depends what kind of inside enclosure you could make. if you could have a piece of turf down and plants and stuff maybe.

20-10-2007, 06:59 PM	#8
midi-mania Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: mersyside Posts: 1,058	but the bottom line is that its better to wait untill you get a garden (preferably back garden so people cant see the tort) __________________ Gav

20-10-2007, 07:28 PM	#9
DAISY Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: LIVERPOOL Posts: 2,763	Correct me if I'm wrong someone, but the main reason for housing outdoors is for the natural sunlight so no matter how much turf or plants you put in you can never truly replicate the sun even with the best lighting. Rach __________________ Rach Mum to 12 horsfields, 2 redfoots, 2 spur-thighed, 4 dogs, 1 cat, 1 guinea pig, 3 chipmunks, 3 african pygmy hedgehogs, 4 bearded dragons, 1 goldfish. 2 daughters and 1 husband.

20-10-2007, 07:32 PM	#10
linda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: west midlands Posts: 17,134	you got it in one rach

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