TORTOISE STARTER KIT
A COMPLETE KIT CONTAINING EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR YOUR NEW TORTOISE. (MINUS THE SALAD).
Our Tortoise Starter Kit contains everything you need to house your new friend:
HabiStat Tortoise Table
The HabiStat Tortoise Table is a tabletop enclosure designed to provide a suitable living space for tortoises. It features a spacious sleeping area with its own covered section, as well as a large entrance area to accommodate bigger tortoises as they grow.
Dimensions: L109 x D61 x H63cm (43 x 24 x 25")
Clamp Lamp & Basking Spot Bulb
Your tortoise will need a basking spot area to keep warm, so our kit comes complete with an Arcadia Reflector Clamp Lamp and UV Basking Lamp (100w). It’s super-easy to install: just hang the lamp onto the hook provided and screw in the bulb.
Medium & Small Tortoise Pools
The Kit comes complete with two HabiStat Tortoise Pools (we recommend using the larger one for water, and the smaller one for feeding).
HabiStat Tortoise Pools are safe, hygienic and easy to clean. Specifically designed with tortoises in mind, they have a ramp on one side, making it easier for tortoises to climb in and out.
10kg Bag of Fine Grade Beech Chippings
You’ll get a bag of Beech Chippings with your Kit to spread across the bottom of the table. Spot-clean daily, and completely replace when necessary.
3 x Supplements
To help keep your tortoise happy and healthy, you’ll receive three essential supplements inside your Kit:
- Arcadia Earth Pro-A
- Arcadia Earth Pro Ca
- Arcadia Earth Pro FlowerBoost
Digital Compact Thermometer
Your new tortoise will need a home that’s the right temperature, so you’ll find a handy Digital Compact Thermometer inside the Kit.
FAQs
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Tortoises need great ventilation to avoid developing respiratory infections, so we recommend housing your tortoise in an open-top table, rather than a vivarium.
If you have other animals in the home (or you just prefer the look of a vivarium), it is possible to opt for a wooden vivarium - so long as there is adequate ventilation.
We also sell vivariums for tortoises - please contact us for more information.
Fish tanks - or any kind of glass enclosure - are unsuitable for tortoises.
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The tortoise table is available to order in either oak or black, and is only available in one size.
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The tortoise table will arrive flat-packed, but it's super-easy to assemble.
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Keeping your tortoise outdoors is not recommended, because it's much more difficult to control the conditions they need to be happy and healthy (especially the temperature).
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Your tortoise will need both heat and light in order for it to thrive.
Tortoises like the Horsfield and Hermanns are best kept with a temperature gradient that runs from around 30-32°C (86-89°F) in the basking spot to between 22-25°C (71-77°F) in the cooler end of the enclosure.
They also have medium-high UVB requirements, best suited to a UVI between 3-4 to ensure good bone and shell growth and avoid serious health issues such as metabolic bone disease.
To make things easier, our Tortoise Starter Kit comes with a light that combines both the heat and UVB requirements together (a mercury vapour basking lamp).
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Tortoises like the Horsfield and Hermanns only need a humidity level of 40-50%, so the table in this Kit doesn't require anything else when it comes to humidity levels.
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Horsfield and Hermanns tortoises are herbivorous, which means they need to eat leafy greens, garden weeds, fruit and vegetables.
All fresh food offered to your tortoise should be dusted with supplements according to a schedule to ensure that they are getting all of the required nutrients for healthy shell growth and to avoid serious health issues such as metabolic bone disease.
Inside the Kit, you'll find three essential supplements to keep your tortoise happy and healthy.