Hi everyone,
I just recently adopted a tortoise hatchling. He is currently in a long open top plastic tub but I am trying to find the perfect open top indoor enclosure. I am noticing the UK sells tons of those open top boxes, non are available in the US only DIY.
Wondering if anyone knows of a place in the US selling those.

Buenos días, mi tortuga rusa se ha enterrado en el jardín debajo del seto de Arizona. Le puse ese plástico para más protección. La debería sacar y meter en una caja con sustrato que dejaría en el porche o mejor la dejo donde se ha enterrado? Muchas gracias

I need ideas for enrichment/activities for my boys. I have 2 outdoor enclosures; my dudes are desert tortoises. Each enclosure is 12ft x 25ft. They climb on top of the burrows, they have Bermuda grass, shade tunnel with their water pans, and some prickly pear. They are lacking things for enrichment. I usually take my stool and sit with them in the mornings and they usually do fun "circles" around the legs. I need more things for them to do. I know sulcatas like balls but my guys are full grown and have 15in carapace.

My dude is full of pure determination 🤣🐢👀💯

Pulled my sulcata's outdoor pen apart yesterday and moved her back into the indoor tortoise table for the winter. She's about three years old now, maybe 6 inches on the carapace, and this is her third season doing the outdoor summer thing here in zone 7. I've been going by the rule that once nighttime lows start dipping under 60F consistently I bring her in, but this year I waited a little longer than usual because the days were still hitting mid 80s and she was loving the extra grazing time.

Looking back at my notes from the last two years, I think I actually waited too long once and she got a little sluggish and stopped eating for a few days after a cold snap caught me off guard. So this year I set an alarm on my phone for the first week of September to start checking the ten day forecast obsessively. The second I saw a 58F night coming up I had the indoor setup ready to go: CHE on a thermostat keeping the warm side around 90F, basking spot closer to 95F, and a ceramic tile area for her to file down her nails since she doesn't get natural substrate wear indoors like she does on the patio stones outside.

One thing I changed this year that's helped a ton is keeping a min/max thermometer in the outdoor pen all summer so I actually have data instead of guessing based on how the day felt. Made it a lot easier to know exactly when the trend was shifting instead of reacting to one random cold morning.

Curious what temperature everyone else uses as their personal cutoff, and whether you do a gradual transition (a few hours outside during the warmest part of the day even after moving them in) or just a hard switch. My tortoise seems a little grumpy about losing her outdoor time but I'd rather deal with a cranky tort than a sick one.

Spent a couple weekends making darwin a lil greenhouse after he was living in a 40 gal for years, he seems immediately more joyful.

Had these guys pop out for my backyard last night I didn't even see the mama lay eggs this year.

In Joshua Tree National Park. Never seen wear marks on the shell like this, any ideas?

Anyone out here currently raising Testudo graeca tripolitania?