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Hello all,

I have been thinking about getting a hermanns tortoise for over a year now. I am an experienced reptile keeper, but have never kept a tortoise.

I was looking at reptiletubs.com, and think that this might be the way to go.

I am thinking along the lines of getting a baby hermanns, and I would like to know what is recommended as housing for a baby, and for the rest of its life if kept indoors (as I live in NYS, the tortoise can spend time outside during the summer, but inside for most of the year).
I was considering buying a tub that is ~22"Wx~38"Lx~ 7"H Is this too big for a hatchling, or too small for an adult? Or a growing tortoise at that?

Please let me know.
Thanks

I'd go for their largest unit: 20-7/8"*52-7/8"
An adult hermann's could use the couple extra square feet of space that this tub has over the smaller 38x22.

If you didn't want to lay out the money for that one yet, and wanted small and simple to keep the hathchling for a year or so, then get a cheap plastic storage box and use that. I'm keeping my 7 month old russian hatchling in a plastic tub that is 16"x22" and he could stay there for several more months. There are larger tubs available for a decent price.

Most of the places (Target, etc.) that carry plastic storage boxes have something cheaper than rubbermaid that will work well.

enclosure:
_the upside is the bigger the better,
_the downside is the bigger the harder to control (temp/humi)

plastic tubs:
_the upside is cheap/convenience
_the downside is they're prone to meltdown when mixing with high volt gears...

...now push ya brain to work...