- 通風 Ventilation

盾臂龜很容易患上呼吸系統的毛病，故需要通風良好的居住環境。如你的龜龜沒有進食或流鼻水，可能會和通風問題有關，那便要見獸醫了。 盾盾的玻璃爬蟲箱兩側都有扇頁通風，前面的窗門亦可打開。盾盾還小，不能爬太高，未有溜走能力，遲些便要加鎖了。

Ventilation is important for African spurred tortoises. They are prone to have respiratory disease. If you see your tortoise “blowing water bubble” from his nose /not eating, there may be problem with ventilation. Take him to a vet. My terrarium is a glass tank with slits on the side and I opened a bit of the frontal windows for Tun. She is still very small (can’t climb too high) so escape is not a problem. Later I may need to lock her windows.

在YouTube 看見一隻盾臂龜開門！
Video in YouTube showing a tortoise opening a slide door!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bFdJJOzzVg&feature=related

如果空氣太侷促，可外置風扇，但盾盾不太喜歡風扇的噪音。盾盾的箱子位於窗台，牠很喜歡望我樓下的公園，也愛聽小鳥的歌聲。

I also have fans for her if the air is very stuffy. Tun Tun does not like the noise though. I put Tun Tun on my windowsill and she loves seeing what is happening in the park and she loves listening to the bird singing.