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ive just seen on a reptile suppliers website a list of tortoises most of the breeds say captive bred but the horsefields say captive farmed . what is the difference ?

omg they are totally adorable, the tiny one is amazing ! ive never seen anything that small besides a bug or a snail lol its truly amazing . i hope they make it , i have no idea what the size of a normal tortoise baby is but that teeny one is a marvel whats his name ?[hr] can i please have...

im in the uk and recently bought two horsefields tortoises from a reptile center . i specifically asked if they were captive bred because i didnt want a wild caught one and id heard about the horrid way they are transported . i was told yes they were captive bred. that put my mind at ease. later...

i use top soil without the sand . my non proffesional advice would be to keep the heat on him and increase the number of soaks in warm water. dehydration is a major killer of any small animal and i doubt tortoises are any different. i wouldnt hassle him to play just keep him warm and well...

congratulations ! id really love to see some smiley happy pictures of your daughter and her new pet .

they are 3 inches . they really like there skinny box . i will leave it in for the time being as they havent dug a burrow yet.

im sorry to hear of your losses i hope you find a tortoise very soon and that it will bring some light into both your lives xxx

congratulations . i bet your beyond pleased :)

northamptonshire [hr] thanks they are horsefields quote='TonkaLuv' pid='299829' dateline='1314284630'] Sounds like it will be a beautiful home for your babies! What kind of tortoises are they?

thank you ! i shall start growing some .

yes its tall , over 6feet . the plan for the enclosure so far is pondliner on the floor with bricks built up to about two feet high then filled with soil to about 8 inches deep. i will be bringing them in at night as im in england and it never stays very warm at night.i think what i will do is...

im planning on building my torts permanant enclosure inside the large dog run i have . this will protect them from dogs cats and foxes. however i read somewhere that birds are a risk to torts . is this true ? at what size is a tortoise safe from birds ?. we dont have any really big birds here...

i used to keep budgies and when i did i used to throw the husks out onto the garden always some seed used to go with it and it would sprout in the garden. i have a left over bag of millet seed , if i grow it so it sprouts can my tortoises eat it , ive not read anything on it either way .

thanks. do you think im doing the wrong thing by putting them outside in the day when its hot ? i read its good for them but on the other hand do you think its the moving from one enclosure to the other each time that could be stressing her out. the bigger one is quite interactive and trundles...

hi yesterday when i put my tortoises out in the sun the little one matilda immediatly burried herself in the soil until she was completly covered. she didnt come out again. when the temperature dropped i brought them in, i had to dig her up to do that and she was completly in her shell...