It is 2 years today since I got Stella and I just wanted to say thanks for all the great advice I have received from everyone on this forum, especially Tom! We've had a few ups and downs over the 2 years but Stella is thriving thanks to all the help I have had from this forum! I think it is...
I have received some great advice on this forum in the past so hoping you can help again. My Hermann tortoise, Stella, hasn't been herself for the last 4-6 weeks and despite my best efforts I can't get her back to her normal self. She was a keen eater, basked all day, woke up in the morning and...
I have been inspecting Stella's Shell today and found some marks and wondered if this is the start of Shell rot but I'm not sure? Its the lighter marks/ white circle type marks I'm concerned about. I can see them at top of her bottom scutes and also on the underneath of her Shell. Can anyone...
Spring is probably not quite here yet but the sun is definitely out today! So decided to get on with some seed planting and just realised how many I've bought over the last few months! I have a 1 year old Hermanns called Stella. She definitely won't be going hungry over spring and summer and...
Hi all. I have had my Herman's Stella since Feb 20 so nearly a year now. I believe she was 6-12months when we got her. I had initial problems with getting her enclosure right and lack of eating in the early days but we have settled into a good routine and with toms help she built up a good...
I have a Hermanns tortoise, born in 2019, called Stella. She is doing well and eating well and putting on good weight but she is a bit lerthagic and has been sleeping from early afternoon through the night. Vet said if she's eating not to worry too much but I wonder if its linked to the UVB. I...
Do tortoises shed skin? Stella my hermann looks to have patches on her legs but only seems to be on the back? She wriggles around when shes having a bath and its when her back legs were stretched out that I picked up on this? Not sure in her shell is rubbing against them, or if I need to worry...
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I have a year old Hermann tortoise called Stella. She has been a bit lethargic recently and sleeping in her hide or burrowed down during daytime. I keep her temps at 35c under the heatlamp during day, cold end is usually around 20 - 25c. At night I drop this down to 20c under the heatlamp...
Hi, I wondered if anyone can help. I got a tortoise on sunday afternoon. I've never had one before but have done lots of research beforehand. I purposefully picked a very active one, who was quite naughty and clambering over all the others at the store! He was quite active sunday but since then...