Recent content by TortoiseCharlie

Hello and welcome Helen! I'm also a new hermann owner in Dorset! ✨

Ah it's good to know that he's relaxed ✨

He was just resting - he put it back into a more normal position and started walking around in it without any problems a few minutes after I took the photo

Are legs supposed to do that or is there a problem??? He walks on it ok (sorry it's an awful quality picture)

Yeah I meant if the temperature never rose. It would be nice to think that they'd somehow find a way to survive, but I guess things don't always work like that :(

Out of pure curiosity, If a tortoise was to be kept in ideal conditions to hibernate, how long could it hibernate for? Would it wake itself up when it begins to dehydrate and starve? Would it just die of starvation and dehydration? Or would it just wake up because it's body clock knows that it...

Thanks, I'll make sure to avoid them Does anyone have any idea what the others are? I need to get more weeds into my hermanns diet

1) 2) 3) 4) Just wondering what these are and if they're any good for my hermanns

Unless the light actually causes problems, I'll probably just wait for it to blow and buy a different one next time :)

What's the problem with the red one? Winter night temps in my house are usually about 20C so could I just use the red in the day and nothing at night?

Nope, I've read enough horror stories about them to stay far far away forever! I did get a red one though - is it ok to keep it on overnight? How will they know when it's time to sleep? :)

That jar idea is brilliant! Thank you I'll remember that for the future! I went to the reptile store and picked up a new bulb first thing this morning so it's all good now :)

My heat lamp broke this morning, unfortunately it's Boxing Day and everywhere is closed so I can't buy a new one! I don't have any spare bulbs - what should I do? They're currently sleeping - but I don't want them to go into hibernation. Can they last a few days without heat? I'm really...

Welcome! Reading through this care sheet is a great place to start learning how to care for your new tortoise http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/ - Best wishes :)

This could be true, however they appear to be getting on just fine. They BOTH do like to sleep lots, but just one more than the other. They don't seem to have any problems with sharing each others space?