Recent content by Amie.M

I will do that, thank you for you advice. I’m very nervous of getting it wrong. I think where I went wrong is that I let him soak in his enclosure and get out of his own accord. I should really get him out and do it so he’s in there for longer. I must admit I was quite worried when I saw he had...

After one week of him not touching his food I started daily soaks all normal warm temperatures in his indoor enclosure. After three weeks I reduced his light times gradually each day still having soaks. Then the last few days kept him in there at room temperature, but with no soaks. Should I...

I just left him, he had gone down and buried a bit but has since moved around and up again. It’s 6.2C currently. I had the box in there for 48hours prior to putting him in and it was sitting between 3-4. I’m guessing that’s because he’s moving around so I plan to lower the fridge temperature...

You are lucky I wish it was tropical here 😎

Hi everyone I have read and followed Toms brumation protocol for my Russian. Today he has gone into the fridge in his box. Just a couple of questions (apologies if these seem silly!) Should I burrow him into the substrate or will he do that himself? How long will it take for him to fall...

Hi thank you for sharing the link I knew I’d seen this a while back, but couldn’t work out how to find it. And apologies for reposting your reply 3 times 🙈 my phone was playing up

Hi everyone I’ve had my Russian tortoise since 2019 and have so far always overwintered him. This year I plan to hibernate him, I’m considering the box method in our garage. (UK) He’s had a really active summer, mainly outdoors and has been eating well and his weight stable. He has gradually...

Cute little tortoise, he’s lucky you rescued him. I’m quite sure he’s male

Thank you, it’s great to give him more enrichment in the summer months 😊

Thank you, I’ll can’t take the credit for the construction that’s down to my husband, the planting and growing is my domain. He does come in at night at the moment as it gets below 15C here. I may consider leaving him out when it warms up a bit 😬🐢

You can get picture this which is a plant identification app, I used to use it out and about when picking weeds if I was unsure what they were. I’m also in the UK, you can find lots of dandelion and plantain in most places. They are a bit scarce at the moment but in a few weeks there will be...

Thank you for the information, I did think I’d read that the bulb type leds were also ok to use, but I have ordered 2 of the inter grated tube types now. They are 6000k, and were very cheap to buy from a UK based online led shop. I have been checking out the new care sheet you provided, which...

That’s very helpful thanks. So this might seem a dumb question ? but can you recommend a suitable led to use in that fixture? I was looking a bulb types but I’m guessing this fixture would require a tube type led? I’m not that clued up when it comes to lights and fixtures so help is most appreciated