Okay, i've planned to get a hermann tortoise because i live in an apartment and it wont grow as big as sulcata. So easy to care for.

I've done alot of research on google and took my time to get the finger tips first before getting one. Learning from owners would certainly add up some insight and tips.

Would you guys mind to providing feedback below?

1. I've decided to use pine wood for its enclosure. Would that be enough, or do i need to mix other substrate?

2. Can i use fake plants, because im not really good at caring for plants and worried it would die anyway. Some people mentioned that theirs tried to eat the fake plant, but they know if its edible or not and would leave them.

3. UVB and heat lamp is good enough?

4. Mine is going to be a hatchling, would 80cm length x 40 cm wide and 10 cm height enclosure suffice for now?

5. If i want to add live plants incase, which plant would be suitable if im using pine wood. Otherwise kindly suggest which substrate is more suitable than pine wood.

Thanks

Previously I am very interested to keep such tortoise as well during MCO...but now no more lar. jaga anak.

But I believe a better place would be to join tortoise groups on Facebook.

I joined a lot and some of them are very helpful.

Thanks, will do. Do you know any fb group that would be suitable to join? I know there are many, but not all are useful and active. So would appreciate if you could recommend me a group that you know which can be useful for tortoise care/topics.

I used to rear a tortoise umpteenth years ago. They don’t require much human care and would rather we get out of the way.

Just basic stuff like sunshine (they like to bask in the sun), a dry place for them to climb up on and face the sun, and some water for them to jump back into if they feel threatened.

That’s my experience rearing one until it got too big and water turned smelly too often.

Water turned too smelly? Did you mean a turtle or tortoise? Unless you're talking about tortoise polluting the drinking water which causes the smell?

Im the owner of 2 sulcata african desert tortoise, a pair male and female, now already 7 years old