Recent content by Gemma+Tess

Hi, I have a 5 year old Horsefield tortoise who I adopted when he was about a year old. He started winding down for hibernation of his own accord when the weather turned last year. We took him for a vet check beforehand and all was good, he just asked us to only hibernate him for 3 weeks...

Thanks for your reply. She is definitely a girl as she had x-rays last year that were all clear (they considered if she had eggs or a blockage etc). Basically the top of her shell is tiny in comparison to her body so she's being squashed as she can't fit everything in :(

Hi, My 12 year old spur thighed is in the vets again after suffering another prolapse. The vet says she has a deformity that means her carapace isn't growing big enough to accommodate her insides, probably caused by a deficiency but not one that we can rectify (i.e. it's not a calcium or...