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She's always had those ridges in between the scutes if that's what you mean. But they havn't gotten any deeper since I got her so I just figured that that's just the way her shell is. It is a little uneven and crooked anyway... some scutes are larger than others or seem kind of odly shaped. I...

I recently got some sphagnum moss, to keep my baby Hermann's enclosure a little moister and I just love the stuff. It's moist, it doesn't get in her eyes, it's easy to spot poo and pick it up, nothing gets messy... Right now I've devided the enclosure. I have 2/3 filled with coco coir and 1/3...

Too dry? What makes you say that? I went through the care sheet several times.

That's what I thought... Thanks for your input. Does anyone know whether extra or split scutes are common among "boy-torts" as well? And would you guys mind taking a look just to be sure?

Hi, I'd like to know how big a Hermann's tortoise needs to be before you can deteremine it's sex. I have an 11 month old and my vet said that it's tail is too long for it to be a girl. I was under the impression that you can't tell at this stage. It also has an extra scute and I read somewhere...

Hey guys... I just wanted to thank everyone again for their advice. Unfortunately Ms. Marple died sunday. :( I took the other tort and Marples's little body to the vet anyway. He looked at some poo samples and couldn't find anything wrong. He said that sometimes you just loose some tortoises...

How much baby food should I add?

Thanks for the picture! That way I know what to stay away from!

The room temperature never goes below 20 Celsius, even when the lights are off... Is that enough or should I keep her warmer?

Thanks... I hope I can get some more replies on the impaction issue... I still have her in the water right now... She raises her head every once in a while and looks around, then walks two or three steps and settles down again. I have a leaf in the water with her, hoping she'll nibble on it. No...

And no she doesn't wake up for her bath either. She just opens her eyes looks around and decides she might as well keep napping.

I use the Lucky Reptile Bright Sun 70w Desert Flood combined with and Exo Terra Repti Glo 150 UVB - 25w bulb. Is any of those a a coil bulb?

Hi, I really need some quick help...:( My little Marple (11 month old Hermanns) hasn't been eating for 3 days now and she seems lethargic. She sleeps under her basking light all day and when the light goes off she just stays there. She's never really been very active but lately it's just...

How high does the humidity need to be because our climate is fairly humid here and so is the room usually. I sprayed the enclosure this morning and humidity is at 69% right now. It usually doesn't go below 60%. It's just the substrate that gets dry and dusty... Do I maybe not wet it enough? How...

And a couple of the table that broke