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Thank you Sarah! She seems to be perking up already :) Weirdly my other tort has been fine!

Thanks so much! She's already eating after implementing these changes :)

Thanks a lot, I'll try that as well :)

Thank you, I will give that a go :)

Hi, I have two horsfield tortoises who live in separate tables. They recently had their annual check up and were approved for brumation - I'm planning on putting them into their fridge early December. However one of them has already lost almost all her appetite as if she's already preparing...

I will have a good look through this forum over the weekend though :)

It doesn't help when each vet seems to tell you different things. I moved to a new area recently and my new vet had totally different opinions to my old one. Threw me off course a lot 😅

Ahh thanks so much! I never knew that. Glad I found this forum :)

Thanks so much, all! At the moment, their UV lights are on from 07:00 to 17:00 and their basking lamps 09:00 to 15:30. This is a reduction from the normal circa 12 hours they get of each. Do you think those hours are okay? I was intending to keep reducing them gradually daily also. I usually do...

Hi, I have two Horsfield Torts, both male and 10 years old. They live separate.They've successfully hibernated several times now, though not every year for various reasons. I started their wind down for this year on October 12th. The first week was normal heat and light with baths every 2...