Recent content by roverill

Hi @JennyG from chilly Glasgow, Sorry to hear you're considering rehoming your little one - sounds like you've tried hard to make a better life for a tort that didn't get the best start. I would encourage you to keep going with him/her - as mentioned above, the positive changes you've made are...

Wishing everyone at Tortoise Forum a happy and peaceful festive season :) I haven't posted in a while, but have been reading interesting threads every week to build my knowledge. While our two torts (Mikey the 17 yr old Russian, and Nebula the 4 yr old Eastern Hermanns) are keeping warm in...

Thanks for your help, Tom. I'll try to identify what sort of moss I've got growing and go from there. Good point about the gravel rising up - I didn't think of that - also good to know that some grass in the enclosure is not a bad thing 👍

Hi, I've read through a lot of the outdoor substrate threads but couldn't find an answer so here goes: I'm building a two outdoor runs for my Herman and Russian torts. When March came round they both started climbing the walls of their indoor enclosures - must be a body clock thing - so want to...

Hi, I built a ramp for our adult Russian a few weeks back, similar size enclosure 6ft x 3ft: It's 42" long, 8" wide, and the side barrier is 7" at its highest. Angle of about 21 degrees. Originally it was 30" long but had to extend by a foot as the guy wouldn't go down it (though climbing up...

Hi Tom, Thank you for taking the time to respond so comprehensively - much appreciated. Regarding the basking bulbs I've attached pics of the box. It's difficult to get incandescent flood lamps in the UK as they've been phasing them out for a few years (we're not allowed any fun over here) - I...

🙏 Thank you 🙏

Hi, about 3 weeks ago we adopted Mikey, the 16yr-old Russian tortoise, after responding to @CherMcc.87 post "Russian for new home, Glasgow, Scotland". I converted a space in our house into an enclosure for him and just wanted to run it past the forum to make sure it's as good as can be for him...

Thanks Tom, yeah she did give them a good sniff when she first arrived, but seems to have lost interest since. I can remove them if they are an impaction risk and replace with spider plants etc.

Update: Our little Hermann's tort, 4-year-old Nebula (we think she's a she 'cos of a small tail) arrived a week ago and has settled in well :) I'll put some pictures below. Taking the meshes off the lamp domes helped raise the temperatures enough, she seems happy, but not interested in...

Ah, he's a handsome chap! I'll start a private message as suggested above here on the forum with you if that's ok

Thank you! Yes, you're welcome to add to your enclosure inspiration thread - I'd be honoured to make the cut 😅 Will play with the basking light and lamp cages to get the temps up a bit, and a humid hide will appear in the covered area once I know the size of the tort. Love Alex's suggestion of a...

Update: So after a few weeks over the festive holidays snooping around IKEA, and clomping about the house, screwdriver-in-hand, uttering occasional swear words, this is the result: Whole setup Open area: 3ft x 4ft Covered area: 2ft x 3ft Lower area: 2ft x 3ft So the smaller dome on...

Hi, my wife and I sadly lost our baby Hermann's just before Christmas this year - we bought from a pet shop and it seems like the poor thing didn't have the best start in life. I've spent the last month upgrading our enclosure (with some help from the kind members on this forum) ready for...

Thank you for the warm welcome and reassurance :) I learned about those enclosure pointers from the helpful information here on Tortoiseforum, some on Littleredfootbigredheart's posts, so it's all thanks to what you lovely members do on here x