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Thank you, Shaifali. :-)

Thanks for your response. The website is brilliant - I've got a lot of reading to do. :-)

Thank you, what an excellent website. The only thing that I don't really understand is why you can't filter by what type of tortoise you own. For instance, I own a Spur-thighed, which obviously has a different diet to a tropical tortoise. The website just lists food and says whether it is good...

Hi, I have an eastern hermanns and a spur-thighed tortoise, and I need some help with their diets. I'm going to start growing my own dandelions and other wild flowers to make up the main part of my tortoises' diets; however, can someone clarify the best supermarket vegetables to feed them in...

Thank you, Gillian.

I've never seen it before either, but I don't see why it wouldn't be beneficial for them. My main concern would be the level of heat generated, but as you said, I could monitor that closely. I don't think there would be too much risk to the tortoises because they wouldn't be trapped in the heat...

Thanks. It's not for the inside of an enclosure, though; it's to fit to the outside of the enclosure above the door. So effectively my tortoises would use it in exactly the same way as what we would. I wanted to install it so that they have some heat for when they come outside, and if they...

Hi All, My 2 tortoises will soon be active again, and I was wondering if someone could advise me on a heating question for post-hibernation. I'm planning on buying a new tortoise house for them this year, something that's fully insulated and better suited to them than the converted rabbit hutch...