Recent content by Timjb97

Thanks, the 2 out of the 4 packs of seeds have been delivered today, and I'm hoping to get down to the garden centre to get trays and soil on Saturday, and plant them then - and hope for the best!

Thanks :) I have a seed mix that contains a mixture of weeds and edible flowers. I am also going to grow some lettuce, dandelions and clover - I have a keen gardener friend and she is advising me when the best times to plant the seeds are :)

My mistake. I had an old account on my phone which I couldn't remember the details for - timb2911, but created a new account on my iPad I got for Christmas -timjb97. I replied to the comments on my phone, meaning it was a different account. I'll do everything via iPad now to make it easier :)

Thanks for all your advice. I will be taking all of it into consideration in the future :) And he is June 2014 hatched, my mistake.

I thought it was only this type as well. The next one he gets will be a strip bulb.

Hello tortoise friends :) I live in the north east of England. I have had Derek, my marginated tortoise for just over 1 year now, and he is 20 months old. I like to think I am taking good care of him - but I would love any suggestions to make his life better. He is a June 2015 hatched...

Forever telling people what the differences are and that I'm getting a tortoise, not a turtle!!

That's one cool enclosure!!

I would guess girl but not sure. How old is (s)he? Could you get a picture from the bottom of the back showing the whole tail?

Hope you find him!!

I was I. Contact with a trusted Russian tortoise breeder and on the Internet it stated that if a Russian lives in a vivarium it will make them ill and lead to death. Sorry for any misunderstanding but this is what I found out from different sources but i would definitely swap your vivarium for a...

It doesn't matter about picture or anything. A vivarium will kill him/her. You get enough heat in the spot where the light is and then the tortoise moves in and out of the heat when he/she wants to. Tables are much better and safer and give a bigger space for the tortoise to roam around. My...

Well done!!

I like Derek

I would suggest a herrmans tortoise because my old school has one and it is a reasonable size - I went for work experience - and it stays there over night and comes home on a weekend and holidays, but I don't see the need to bring him/her home every night because all they do is sleep and their...