not much, they usually live solitary in the wild. just make sure that you let it walk in the sun if you can to give it exercise, and also sun is good for anything living.
80 degrees Fahrenheit
mine only needs a small red light
A tortoise has to be around 4 years when you upgrade your heat to a 100w.
I think you should buy a tortoise because they are much easier to care for since they dont need to have instant access to a lot of water.
The desert tortoise spends nearly 95% of its life underground to avoid the heat.
snapping brown tailed tortoise
Their shell (carapace) into which the tortoise withdraws as much as possible.
because he was very much similiar to a tortoise.
Well I'm getting a Horsefield tortoise for christmas to. Now I can't tell you everything because it would fill the whole page, but I can give you the basics. You feed it cabbage, lettuce, fruit, that type of thing. And you will need a heat lamp, a tortoise table, stones etc. Now all what I can say is what ever you want to know just type into google, e.g what should a Horsefield Tortoise enclosure have? and your answer will be right infront of you. I have made a little booklet about all the information on the tortoise. So maybe thats what you could concider doing? Hope this helped!
A tortoise survives from danger really easily because of it's big, hard shell protects it from anything that wants to attack or eat it.
Infact, All tortoise types to not need another tortoise for company. You can though. But dont be suprised if they get into a fight :)
a dry place with a lot of heat or a desert
At around 80 degrees. It is best to get your tortoise a basking (heat) lamp so that one side is warmer than the other.
they do need more heat than ordinary plants but not too much heat that it burns out obviously