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Having a dilemma over substrate for hibernation of my 75 years + TGG Spur Thigh tortoise. Have built a box within box setup with temp guage for the first time after inheriting my tortoise from my elderly Mum. All good to go but have some hemp bedding already but some people say use it and others...

Thanks Danny - will keep looking for that elusive female - any advice on good website links where I have a good chance of finding a female would be much appreciated !!

Thanks Yvonne - great advice. Suppose he has spent many years alone and has been fine. I was hoping to breed him by getting a female spur thigh but female algerians seem really rare. Would it also be a bad idea to rehome a female greek spur thigh as they are a close subspecies in the hope...

I have a 60ish year old Algerian spur thigh male and am considering rehoming a female Horsefield adult (age unknown) I liked the idea at first mainly because they would be company for each other. Is it a bad move to allow these two species to possibly mate and cross breed or should I keep...

Hi Katie - just got your message - thanks for the nice comments - hes definitely an old English gent now. Being young when we found him we called him speedy. local kids still come and say hello to him (supervised of course) and when on holiday there is a queue to come and feed him !!! x[hr]...

Many thanks Danny - you are a star. Its great to finally find out after all this time. Just need to sex her/him now - looks like a male due to the length of his tail and his underbelly is concave. Hope I'm right !! many thanks and all the best - much appreciated

Thats great to know Danny considering I thought he was a Hermanns. I grabbed some shots tonight to help you identify the sub species. Is there any way he can be aged ? I found him 35 years ago and he is not grown since then. p.s is he a he ? lol many thanks

Thanks Hali - very kind of you to say so !! When we found him he had a huge crack in his shell and you could see flesh. We presumed he had been living rough as he was covered in mud and blood and looked like he had overwintered himself in a british winter through snow and frost (tough or what...

Many thanks - will get image of the plastron over the next day or so - really appreciate the help !!

I have had this tortoise since I was a teenager and I'm now 43. Never really looked into his (i presume's) breed but he looks like a Hermann. Sorry have not shown underside pics as I didnt have any when I found this forum - will get some if it helps. I havent a clue how old he is either as I...