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Yes, hopefully I just did?

Update on the hatchlings: We ended up buying a store bought vivarium, the wooden glass fronted Komodo brand one. The hatchlings are eating (hibiscus leaves and flowers, mulberry leaves, snapdragon flowers and occasionally chicory greens, endive and kale) and basking and we have a small wooden...

I’m having more arrivals and I know that there were many more eggs laid. When the hatchlings are starting to emerge from the ground, is there a risk that the adult tortoise could damage them by crawling over them? should I remove them to a safer place to finish emerging?

Thank you and here’s a picture of #3 who hatched this morning

I have read and read through different threads after making a few purchasing mistakes yesterday and I now feel that I’m on a better track. Being in Cyprus, I don’t have access to many of the mentioned supplies and shipping here takes awhile. I’m just trying to get a decent set up going that I...

Thank you for your help, I read the updated care sheet. We have outdoor enclosures for our two adults so this Thank you, it certainly was! I read the updated care sheet and will see what I get can get locally.

Thank you for telling me that before I made that mistake. I’m going to the pet store now to get something for them.

Hello, I am new to posting to the forum. I have had a couple of tortoises (I think Hermann?) for about 8 years and am constantly surprised by how much that I don’t know. I use this forum and the tortoise table diet info often. Quick history: we mistakenly acquired two tortoises, a male and...