Kory,You will just have to make sure it stayes real damp and shadded. I saw the lush Air Force Golf cource out in the middle of the Arazona desert. Manouris is very addaptive in captivity. If your not to attached, I'd trade them for tortoises that are from Africa and Middle East. It be hard but not as hard as me trying to take humidity out of the envirnment! Tuff call, Vic