Recent content by Moi Hutton

Hi Sally and Roy! I have a Mediterranean spur thigh 70yr old who live in my garden in Bristol. The weather is unpredictable so for the past few years we have put him in a fridge from November to March which has eased my anxiety and kept him safe. The first year we had him he was in our shed but...

I’m not sure but it’s got a high water content and fibre so im giving him a bit extra. He usually eats a lot of rocket and lambs lettuce which doesn’t seem to have as much water content.

Hi I’m in Bristol (UK) and am soaking my spur thigh Charlie every day due to the heat. He’s been very inactive during the day and staying still in the shade however he was straight out on the lawn stomping and munching yesterday when the rain came lashing down! I’ve also been feeding him more...

That is adorable!

Charlie is charged up this morning from the sunshine-happily munching on some rocket and romaine leaves.

Do all of your tortoises live outside during summer months? Mine has the garden to himself which he loves but I do feel sorry for him right now with all these heavy rain storms we’ve been having!

Hi Rachelynn, Your tort must be pretty old then! Wow! Any pics? Moi and Charlie x

Hello! I’ve only just spotted this thread. I’m from Bristol, near Kingswood. I’ve got a 70+ year old Med Spur thighed tort called Charlie. He’s quite a character!

I have a med spur thigh who is munching away all day at the moment! I feed him two mounds of leaves (which he greedily snaps at) and then he’ll spend the day nibbling the clover in my lawn. I was a bit worried he was eating too much last year but he was such a healthy weight before winter and...

Hello! My Greek was stirring from being boxes the garden shed at the end of December. It’s been way too warm in the UK for winter and I’ve put him in the fridge like I did last year. I checked on him yesterday and is absolutely fine and a consistent temperature. I’d really recommend keeping them...

Hi Julia, I’ve also got a Greek tort who is in the fridge due to the unusually warm winter we were having in the UK. Last year he came out towards the end of March and he had a great year in the sun, eating loads and putting on lots of weight. This is the second year we’ve had him too so we’re...

I’m so glad I came across this thread! I have an old Greek tortoise who lives outside (spends the night in the greenhouse) and all he is interested in is dandelions and geranium weeds in my lawn. He is ravenous at the moment post hibernation, soaks up the sun and stomps around for hours so he...

Thanks, that’s helpful. I think we will have to keep him inside or in the heated greenhouse if the temp is warm enough.

thanks! Yep 22cm not inches!

Hi everyone, Our Greek tortoise seems to be waking from brumation, he’s currently in the fridge but I can see he has been moving around and heard him rustling about. I live in the South West UK and was thinking of taking him out on Saturday as the temperature should consistently be above...