Hi, are yours both boys? They mostly eat dandelion leaves which they can't get enough of! and I supplement with pellets which I often scatter round the enclosure, if I hold one up to them to let them know I have put them round, they open their mouths straight away and they let me hand feed them...
I know, I can't stop watching them, they are so inventive and flexible, they way they move around, climbing, sliding off of things, using their (hands?!?) and shells to move objects - usually to get a good sunbathing spot or try and escape! So cute too... I love having them.
Ok Thanks, It's funny because they had obviously been rampaging around but when I looked in on them they were innocently laying in the same place looking like they had not moved since I left them except there was mud absolutely everywhere , it was the inside enclosure as still working on the...
They are Brothers and have been together for the past 12 years, I have been watching them a lot to see if they are appear happy together or not, and they spend a lot of time together, walking around, sleeping, eating, soaking and they are very relaxed with each other so may be strange for them...
Hi, we rehomed two boy hermann's tortoises a couple of weeks ago (in UK) and I have never owned tortoises before, I got some brief info from the previous owner and then since having them I have sent myself mad trawling the Internet to see if I am doing things right, lots of contradicting info! I...
I am in the UK and have just rehomed two 12 year old boy Hermann's (two weeks ago) from a friend of a friend, never kept tortoises before, they came with licences and all equipment, enclosures etc. I love them, they are very tame, they rampage around outside climbing under and over things and...
When my two boys have a bath, I dry them in a towel on my lap and they always climb up and sit on my chest or shoulder and snuggle into my neck, one of them sometimes makes snorting noises into my neck - I don't know if this is normal, and they are free to move away but stay there until I move them.