There are no rules against covering the top of a tortoise table. A false bottom is also good to have. It might not be needed but starting with one is a lot less work than adding it if you find you're having to make tortoise soup often. A couple inches of drainage layer, some mesh on top, substrate above the mesh. Really, so long as you reach your goals in the burrows/hides where your youngster is going to spend at least half of their time, you'll be fine.Originally Posted by JoshSloane
A closed chamber sounds good for hitting humidity levels easily but terrible for everything else. I've always been a fan of high air exchange though and try to reach my goals with as much ventilation as possible. I'm in Florida though, everything humidity related is much less hassle here. If I lived in CO I'd probably turn my reptile room into a jungle with a bunch of water loving houseplants to help raise the ambient humidity in that room, then go from there.
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