Recent content by Jane/Teagan

So I decided to dig him out after 4 day. Soaked, weighed and not lost any weight, still 106g and now eating well

The last two picture show the little bridge in the centre where he is digging in

Yes I got 2 digital meters. The cooler end gis usually 20 -22 and middle area 26-29. Split them originally but they both seemed distressed. Another forum member said she had kept her 2 together with no problems. So we decided to just monitor and split latter if needs be. My husband has already...

Hi I realised as soon as I posted initial question I had omitted yhe following. The enclosure is 6x3 foot which is now fully enclosed with sliding perspex doors. It is lit with a central arcadia t5 that is on from 9am to 6pm and an arcadia 100w flood at one end which maintains an average basking...

Hi Asking for advice. Smeagol is an 18month old herman. He has taken to burrowing deep in his indoor enclosure. I have dug him up on 2 occasions as was concerned. I soaked him and he ate well. His weight is stable. He shows no signs of ill health. He has now been buried since Sunday lunchtime...

Just felt the ramp utilised more space. Our granddaughter wanted a Lord of the Rings theme, hence the names. My husband models the house on the prancing pony Inn in the film. They had no problem using ramp. Although my granddaughter introduced them to the enclosure on the balcony so they came...

Hello Angie Thank you for your lovely message. We have only had Frodo and Smeagol 2 months but already they are entrenched in our family. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I should have done more research prior to getting them. But then we would only have got one and missed out on both of their...

The ramp goes up to sleeping hides. Although the internal wall has a doorway my husband suggested changing that and building a second ramp with as you suggested a central split with ply. We do have a smaller table of 3ftx 2ft and contemplated setting that up and the tortoises doing alternating...

Do you think I need to separate them. I've had a sleepless night planning how to do this. Or should I just try the flourescent light first. Jane

Thank you for your reply. Looks like I have some work to do.

Have built a new 6ft by 3ft enclosure for our 2 hermann tortoises (Smeagol and Frodo). However now wonder if we need to add more lighting or heating. We currently only have the uvb uva combined lamp heater we had with our initial 3ft table. The temp under lamp gets to 30 degrees and other end is...