Orion has passed away today.
We had separated them and we're making changes. Orion was due to see a vet tomorrow.
I'm heartbroken so I don't really want to type any more.
I appreciate anyone who gave us help last night.
In tears whilst writing this.
Thank you
Good morning. Orion is acting better today, although it is still not acting like itself.
I'll start with replacing all of those listed today. Thank you very much for your help! I'll make the changes and then keep you all posted on how Orion gets on.
The nightly temp is around 22 degrees celcious. Yes it is, we tried sand (tortoise substrate) originally but Altas (who we had on its own at the time) hated it and it caused eye problems so we changed to this almost two years ago. The eye problems went as soon as we changed to wood chips
Thank you very much for giving me that information, I'll read through it all thoroughly now to see if there's anything on the guide that we're not doing.
I really appreciate your help. I can't turn it at the moment as I'm incredibly worried about Orion, I'm watching it constantly.
I have attached all of the pictures requested.
This is our standard viv enclosure. We did consider a tortoise table, but with us living up in the Welsh mountains it is often freezing cold even indoors, so we found that a vic enclosure can retain heat for our torts better. We have inserts (small...
Thank you so much for such a prompt reply, we're moving Orion into our living room enclosure as I type.
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Hello. My name is Chloe and I have two young Hermann tortoises. Our first is called Atlas, who is 4 and the second is Orion who is 2. They are kept in the same enclosure after weeks of steady intergration, and they both get on exceptionally well. We even have a small hide out for Orion and Atlas...