Recent content by Tort93

That has made me feel better! He has got cuttle bone, he loves it! And i dont give him calcium every day, most days, but ill cut back a bit. Thanks for your help :)

Hi All, I need a bit of advice... I think my Marginated Alfie has a bit of pyramiding, I will attach photos below... He had a bit of pyramiding when I first bought him last year. I was advised on this site to put him in an enclosed 'tank' which I did but he had to come out because he was...

No he was sat under his heat spot :)

He's a sweetie :p

I went to check on Alfie before bed, and he was just sat there with a little pile of dirt on his head. Someone has been digging! Little cutie :tort::)

This is Alfie! My brand new tort, he is 13 months old :):tort:

Ive been doing a bit of reading since this post and i think the coir was too wet, ive since emptied it and squeezed it all out (which took a while haha), and while doing so i realised my heat mat was upside down which probably wasnt helping! I have very recently lost my first baby tort, so i...

hi everyone, as per advise found on this site, I've changed my substrate to damp coconut coir ready for a new arrival.. However.... It is cold to touch everywhere other than under the basking lamp, is this right??

Hello everyone, thank you all for you your advise, unfortunately Little Tort didn't make it and passed away on Monday :(:(:( I tried everything I could but she must have been too poorly... RIP Little tort :tort::<3::tort::<3:

I now realise that the wood chips I have been using as substrate are no good, i have ordered coconut coir from Amazon and it will be arriving in the next few days, I just don't really know what do do with it..... How wet does it have to be? How deep? How often should I moisten it? My little...

I am currently using wood chips, but now I realise this is wrong! Have just ordered some coconut coir and some spaghnam moss. This should arrive in the next few days. I was planning on just using the noir as the main bedding throughout the enclosure and then putting the moss around in little...

Thank you everyone! I have ordered some liquid calcium, I'm also changing the substrate in her house after doing some reading in case she is just generally unhappy! Hoping this will help!

My tort is doing this too, and I'm in the UK! I was worried it was something I was doing but maybe it is the weather... Interesting...... o_O

Thank you! I will be buying some of that! How often do you give it to your tortoise?

Thank you everyone! I do already have cuttle bone in with her, but I've never seen her eat it. I have a pretty expensive Mercury vapour bulb, and I do try to get her out as much as possible, the sun is shining today so she will be outside shortly once she's had her bath. Can anyone recommend...