Recent content by Tortle1492

Hi Yvonne, I just did that this morning, thank you!

Hello! I have Spekes names Zephyr. I’ve have him since last april and he was under a year when I got him. Exact age is unknown, though. When I got him he was very active, got in and out of his water dish every day on his own, ate every day etc. since the colder weather he has been a lot less...

Thank you! I wasn’t sure what to get for water dish because everything I’ve read said it needs to be deep enough for him to be fully submerged, and the one I have is not even deep enough for that. I can definitely put it deeper into the mulch though.

Attached is a picture of my enclosure. I don’t have a thermometer so I don’t know what the temperatures are. I can definitely get one this weekend. I keep his light and heat lamp on for 12 hours and off for 12 every day.

hi everyone! I am new to the forum but excited to be here to learn more about how to care for my tortoise in the best possible ways! I am looking for any tips and advice on heating, meals, enclosure sizes, and typical tortoise behaviors. I was gifted a Speke’s African hingeback tortoise...