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    Using a Sulcata as a Serving Table (Thoughts)

    Wow. Can imagine the cussing you did when you saw the damage to that wall!! Have only got a Hermanns, thank the lord.
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    Wanted to share

    Head first and stuck, what a shocker. Been there, done that! The key finder is a great idea.
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    Lesbian tortoises? Female mounted other female with grunting

    The time to worry is if she starts biting - don’t want to worry you but they can take heads off. Just keep an eye on it and try and separate them if it looks to be chronic bullying or intimidation. From what I’ve read, sitting on food, staring, following and crowding are bullying behaviours. If...
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    Lesbian tortoises? Female mounted other female with grunting

    Definitely dominance. My female welsh terrier was humping her male cousin just this morning. Not that uncommon in the animal realm.
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    Penis flashing?

    Definitely not! It went on for about 10 minutes until she lost him in the hedge. He had to have a bit of time to himself afterwards - if a tortoise could ever look gutted, he was
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    Penis flashing?

    Eventually got round to uploading the link. Turn the sound up!
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    Penis flashing?

    Have been laughing so much at this thread! Have been in Corfu, and the villa we stayed at had a load of Hermanns, we saw at least three adults and a juvenile wandering around- it was ace! I took a video of one of em trying to get lucky (I felt just like David Attenborough!) but don’t know how...
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    Penis flashing?

    Can you hear a thunk as it flumps out?
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    My Russian torts top 10 favourite foods so far, what's yours?

    Hi, My Hermann loves lambs lettuce and magnolia flowers with a fiery passion. She’s head down like someone let off a diet at a buffet - I don’t think she actually breathes while she’s eating. Second favourites are clover, pansy/viola flowers, plantain and dandelion.
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    What do you think? (inactive)

    Hi again, I agree about the substrate. My set up was similar to yours when I got my little one last year, because I went to the pet shop - what a mistake. After a lot of research and reading what was on this forum and looking at other people’s set ups, I changed to a mixture of topsoil, coconut...
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    What do you think? (inactive)

    Hi, You might want to deepen your substrate so they can dig down. My little Hermann likes to dig down at night, which is what they would naturally do in the wild.
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