Hi, I have a 9 Year old marginated tortoise that I have now brung inside for the winter. He has spent most of the summer outside in his pen but obviously now due to the weather in the UK he is in for the winter. He is inside in a preformed pond about 1.5m by 1m with a heat lamp and hide. He is...
Hi, I have fed my musk turtles normal small frozen prawns before but wondered if they would be okay to eat some fresh tiger prawns I have. I can cook them up if this is better?
Hi, I want to buy some tortoise pellets to add to my tortoises diet. From watching videos on YouTube mazuri tortoise diet seems to be the go to pellets for alot of people. Apparently its sold under the name NUTRAZU in the UK but I still cant seem to find it anywhere for a good price. Can anyone...
Hi I have an 8 year old marginated male tortoise. He has a 2m by 1m tortoise table setup in doors with a mercury vapour lamp. He also has a large run in the garden full of weeds and plants he can eat. But the problem I have is it's now May and hes only been outside for maybe 10 days in total...
Hi my 8 year old musk turtle has been very weird the last day or so. I moved him to his new tank with my over musk (they have been together sinse I first got them). Sinse I put him in this new tank he doesn't seem to be moving very well. He's very slow and just doesnt look to be moving right...
Hi my tortoise went into hibernation early December and I brought him out last Saturday. Sinse then I have tried feeding him his faviroute water cress, lambs lettuce, frisse lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes but non have proved a big hit. He is drinking and ive given him two baths sinse hes been...
Hi, I have a male and a female musk turtle. They are around 5 years old and have been produced around 3 eggs sinse I've had them which have been layed at the bottom of the tank. Next year I am planning on breeding them properly. I have a 300 litre tank which I'm planning on adding a dock with...
Hi I have a 8 year old Marginated tortoise and this is his first year where i will hibernate him. I've been weighing him all year and he's been around 1500g the past couple months. He is currently winding down for hibernation so hasn't eaten for 2 weeks. His weight has stayed constant all the...
Hi, I'm just checking that my tortoise should be pooing before hibernation. He's not had any food for about a week and a half now as he gets ready to hibernate. Today he did a large poo with some urates. I'm pretty sure this is what he is supposed to be doing as he is emptying his gut before...
Hi, I have an 8 year old male Marginated tortoise who I am hibernating for the first time this year. I have the fridge all setup and ready to go and I am very confident on his hibernation. He has kept good weight sinse September and ways about 1.1kg now. He is currently indoors in his tortoise...
Hi this will be my first year hibernating my 7 year old marginated tortoise. I have kept him awake every year but this year he has been going outside to his new outside enclosure when the weather permits. I have made a plan for his hibernation from threads I have read on here and care sheets...
Hi, I'm currently trying to find a home for my 5 year old female map turtle. I can take her anywhere around east Anglia. She needs a pond to live in as a forever home as she is going to get too big for a tank. Can anyone help in finding someone to take her? I have been looking for a few months...
Hi, I've just built my tortoise and outdoor run. He is a 5 year old Marginated tortoise. My problem I am having though he doesn't seem to like it outside. I've been putting him outside for the last week and everyday all he does is dig and hide in the same spot all day. He's not even interested...
Hi this is my 5 year old map turtle. I'm not sure if this is she'll rot or not. She is acting perfectly normal and doesn't seem I'll at all. I've been feeding her a varied diet of dried shrimp, dried fish, pellets and frozen prawns. She has good space to get out and bask which she spends alot of...