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    OVERWHELMED!!

    My neighbours actually passed our front garden the other day and said to each other 'the previous owners used to take such pride...' So rude. How can my baba get all his greens if I don't let them run riot XD
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    Tortoise Temper Tantrums

    Mine runs out for his food but if he digs into it and finds no raddichio he will give you this 'look' and storm back into his house and start scratching up the walls. He's so moody when he doesn't get what he wants. He'll flip his dish over, claw the bark off his hide, poop all over his terrace...
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    Cold and wet outside

    Hi guys internet info is conflicting so I'd like to know from those who actually own torts ... I have a 4 yr old Hermanns with an indoor and outdoor enclosure. We put him outside when the weather is fine so he can stomp around. His outdoor run is much bigger than his indoor one and its good...
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    Crazy things my Tortoise does...

    Mine is very similar. He has a log with a cavity underneath where he would hide when he was smaller. its much too tiny for him now but if we take it away he just sits where it was scratching the ground and looking sad so we keep it in there. On warm days instead of going in his larger hide he'll...
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    Best way to get a tort used to handling?

    I talk to mine before I pick him up, so he knows I'm there. If he hears me come into a room and start blathering in my baby voice he knows I'm going to go over, probably with food, so he comes marching out of his house to greet me. I then dangle over his tort table making all sorts of...
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    Species identification please!

    Thank you for helping. I will be sure to re-read all my info regarding Hermanns as well. Do you know why he would only have four claws on his feet?
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    Species identification please!

    Hello We bought Tolstoy from a breeder, as he had some juvenile Horsfields for sale and we liked their smallness and hardiness. All the research we did to look after a tort was based on this breed. When the tortoise was delayed the guy offered us a Hermanns instead, ready to go. We said no...
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    bugs?

    Apologies in advance if this is a question that has been done to death! I live in the UK and my garden is quite lush. I'm setting up an outdoor enclosure for my year old Russian so he can catch the sun in the warmer months and get some grazing on the go. My question is, should I be worried...
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    New Russian tortoise owner, over-worried?

    Hi scaly mamas and papas I got my Horsfield tortoise Tolstoy in February this year. He's about a year old. He has bright black eyes and a beautiful shell. I have some general questions for more experienced hands as I've never owned a tortoise before and only know one other person who does...
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