Recent content by pegaleh

Hi, thanks I'm very sorry for the confusion. I'm new to this site, and new to Hermann's, but not new to tortoises. I appreciate all the fantastic help and info! I'll definitely take a deep look into that to make sure nothing has changed since I was rehabbing the wild ones back in the day. I feel...

Thanks! Yeah, when I googled it, half of the sources said the Herman's concave and the other half said they didn't, so when I read this^ I googled Russians as well, and it's about the same information 😂 I'll just wait and see if Reggie turns out to be a Regina or remains a Reginald! As for the...

Travel carrier! It's when he was at the vet.

Hi there! I took my little Reggie to the vet today, and the vet said he thinks he is a she, because his plastron is very flat; he said himself that indicators vary species to species, and everyone there asked if he was a Russian, so it's not like they're Hermann's "experts," just a local exotic...

😂 I have so much empathy for this.

Yes, thank you! That's why I put my little disclaimer about his habitat and breakfast in that picture in my post :)

I've just gotten my first Hermann's Tortoise and I'm silly excited to combine my love of tortoises with my love of succulents. I've been trying my best to "weed out" (I'm so sorry) the toxic from non toxic, pouring over threads, but I have found conflicting information. I read that cotyledon is...

I've been looking for one to adopt, but I live in CT. Would you be willing to ship? I understand if not!

Hi! Did you find a home for your tortoise?