I really want a tortoise/or turtle that is okay with living indoors (if that's possible), doesn't live for very long like 70 or whatever, doesn't grow very big, is friendly, and can fit inside something in my room (if that's possible). I've tried looking it up and I'm not getting good answers. Can someone please help me? EDIT: I am just seeing what I can do if I get one. I just am curious and trying to figure out what to do as a beginner.

Here’s my three year olds outdoor enclosure, it’s on the small side and will be getting an upgrade once she gains a couple more pounds!

This wonderful creature has been with us for a year and a half. We put him/her in warm water every day or every other day, because I read on the internet that they drink water from their bottom. We sunbathe him/her every day and feed it in a large box. Since we do not have a garden, we take care of it in this way. We give him/her fresh vegetables, mainly lettuce, every day. Apart from this, what should we do? How should we take care of it? I'm waiting for your help.

I bought this turtle food blend but he seems to have to interest at all. I paid for it so I don’t want it to go to waste. Any advice on how I could get my little guy to eat this?

My baby of 6 months tends to flip himself onto his back every so often, to the point were I got so worried that he'd die when I am away for work and removed all his decorations. He doesn't really have anything left in his enclosure now, just a warm hide, a cold hide, (working on planning the humid hide), his water bowl and food bowl. I used to have some cork pieces and tunnels but he always tries to climb on top of it and then he falls of onto his back.

I'm growing natural food for him like dandelions and a natural weeds mix but they will still take a few weeks to grow so I can't use them for decoration and food yet. I was thinking of adding safe plants but I'm not sure he won't try to crawl on them and still flip over.

What are some good ways to decorate his enclosure a bit? It's way too empty now, nothing really for him to explore and that's sad. I just need it to be 100% safe so I don't come home to him flipped over and dead...

He is currently kept in an inside pvc enclosure because he's small for his age (he came from previous neglect). Once it gets warmer here he'll have supervised outside time while I plan my bigger inside enclosure and outside one. Lots to do still. I have only had him for 2 or 3 weeks and I went to my appointment for the vet earlier today. She said he has pyramiding stage 2(?) and also has MBD. He's very small for his age but I could also have been lied to about his age by the previous owner. I'm not sure if you can really tell a tortoises age when they're little?

I'm worried about the mbd. Does it hurt him? Can it be reversed or can he live a comfortable life with it? I'm very worried because he only just started to eat a few days ago. He did poop though, that's a good sign.

Are there precautions you have to take for tortoises with mbd and pyramiding? He is now kept at 70%humidity and 93-95 degrees. Humidty is around 90-95% when I spray in the morning and evening. He can also escape the heat at the cold side which is 80 degrees. Are these numbers okay?

Sorry for the long text and lots of questions, I'm just worried. Thanks in advance!

As title said. I'm doing my best to raise humidity for my baby Russian and the cup method works really well (dumping one or two cups of water on the substrate and rummaging through it with my hands) but I'd like him to have a humid hide as well. I tried it before with sphagnum moss but he eats from it a lot and I also read that if they eat too much moss, it can cause impaction so what other humid substrate can I use for him that is safe?

Thanks

Does anybody know what these are? We are in the south of France. My plan for the day was mow the lawn, drink a beer, relax. Now it feels like "relax" had been replaced by "do things, and buy things". Help!

He’s a Hermanns tortoise and he’s just over a year old. His enclosure is a bit small but we have a custom made bigger one on the way by next month 🤞