Tortoises

[Percy&Ivan]

Okay, now I'm into into it, what tortoise species only get up to less than 8"

 

[Sylvi_]

Found two care sheets on a couple smaller tortoises:
The Russian tortoise: Russian Tortoise Care Sheet

The Greek tortoise: Greek Tortoise Care Sheet

 

[Percy&Ivan]

Do you know of any good cages/pens

 

[Sylvi_]

On the care sheets, it says 3x6 is good for a Greek. While 2x4 is the minimum for a Russian.
Many people make wooden enclosures, made of ply wood.

Russian:

Greek:

 

[Percy&Ivan]

So in the file you attached it said outside, can you put them inside year round

 

[Percy&Ivan]

Sylvia thanks for your help

 

[PeppysPal]

I used to have a friend with a tortoise who free roamed the house, he would chase the cat around

 

[Senneth]

You can absolutely keep your tortoises inside year round. It's best do to so unless the temps in your area are on the warmer side.

 

[Senneth]

Honestly, if I were to set up an enclosure for a tortoise right now the first options I would look into would be Sterilite containers. I keep my snakes in them and they're perfect. It doesn't take much to keep a tortoise contained. They aren't the most accomplished climbers.

 

[Percy&Ivan]

I'm not doing anything really soon, but thanks anyway!

 

[CasperClicky]

I have a Russian tortoise and they are great, I would definitely recommend.

For tortoises under 8" many tortoise types from the Testudo Genus would fit your size requirement. There are 5 types:

1. Egyptian Tortoise (Kleinmann’s)
2. Horsefield Tortoise (Russian Tortoise)
3. Hermann’s Tortoise
4. Greek Tortoise/ Spur-Thighed Tortoise
5. Marginated Tortoise

Here are a few helpful resources to check out:
Testudo Genus - Testudo (genus) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russian Guide - Russian Tortoise | The Complete Care Guide

Hope that helps and you find a great tortoise!