Mr Randy stopped eating about 4 weeks ago, i have periodically soaked him and finally this week he has decided that being tucked up under his dirt and leaves (indoors) that it was time for a rest, night night see you in the spring x
Hiya welcome to the site, it has been a brilliant font of knowledge for us all :-)
I noticed that you are using 'cat litter' I have to admit this was something I used at first because I was told it was a good thing to use. Unfortunately it was wrong advice :-( I now use in my indoor house...
looks like a little horsfield boy to me. He is very lucky to have found you, good luck and enjoy him. I have turned in to a total tortoise addict since my little boy joined my family :-)
I work full time and I never seem to see 'Randy' Andy out of his house or eat at all without pulling him out of his bed before I go to work...... so on Sunday on a rare day of not running around like a mad woman, I spent some time in the garden and thought I would wait and see :-). To entice...
Thank you Rosemary, I will try it is very tempting to keep checking and fussing over him but I know he needs to act naturally and get on with it, so if I can I am going to leave him now and see how he goes on
Thank you for getting back to me, at night time it goes down to about 48 - 50 and there has been no frost since mid May at night. I pull him out of the box in the morning before i go to work (say 8.30 am) he is usually cool but would stay inside the box all day otherwise. I will try over the...