[header] How to take care of a baby tortoise [title] Choose the right type of enclosure. [step] Your baby tortoise needs a habitat, but not just anything will do. Glass aquariums, which many people use, are actually not very good habitats for tortoises because the sides are too high and there is often not enough floor space. 
Tortoises also do not understand glass and can run into the glass. A wider, shallower container will work much better.