As advised my tortoise is being prepared for his first brumation. He is 10 days into fasting and I am getting ready to cut back on heating on Wednesday for 2 weeks. However, he has become more active this last week. Most of the summer he has lain under his lamp unless he is eating. Now he...
My two and half year old Hermanni tortoise has put on a lot of weight this year in Scotland so I have decided to put him into brumation this winter. Next month will see start of fasting then I need to reduce temperature. So far I have not used a thermostat so I need to buy a gadget. Do they...
Last time I was on this site I was worried about Bruce our new two year old Herman tortoise not eating and losing weight as he fell from about 64g to 52g. However since last Autumn he has picked up rapidly and recently was 144g though this has fallen back to 136 today. About 6 inches long...
I did check this site for advice and downloaded your information as well as others but lots of stuff to try to digest. Anyway for clarification here is the lamp we use at present-
The temperature immediately below it is 97F during the day. At night-time the temperature in the living room is...
About a month ago my granddaughter and I bought an 18 month old Hermann tortoise from our local experienced reptile dealer who appears to sell tortoises with no issues. However we have struggled to get 'him' to eat and within two weeks he had dropped from 62g to 52g. We have followed the...