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russian tortoise enclosure size

dmreptiles Sep 27, 2007 08:20 PM

i just wanted to get some idea of how big of an enclosure i would need for three adult russians that are going to be housed indoor? thank you

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bradtort Sep 30, 2007 10:56 AM

I would shoot for at least 12 sq ft. Bigger is better. If you have a mix of males and females here you'll want to give the females as much room to hide from the males as possible. Once a male is interested a female can become very stressed by the constant attempts at mating.

However large you make it, try to make it interesting with rocks and logs, etc. They like places to climb over and hide under.

good luck.

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