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    As Christmas Tree decorations go...

    Merry Christmas !
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    Carapace irregular in places - Western Hermann's

    Hi there thanks for any comments in advance. I've always noticed that our Oogy's carapace isn't quite symmetrical, or as I would expect, in 1-2 places.... while it has never concerned us, I thought I should seek some opinions on whether there are any health issues relating to the visible...
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    Article about tortoises in today's Guardian..link

    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/21/tim-dowling-tortoise-outlive-me-outwit-me-too It isn't the greatest thing I've read about tortoises admittedly, but worth a peek. Please note, I would have posted this in the 'articles' section but I don't have enough posting privileges yet.
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    I bought some Reptibark, quick question...

    Hi there, I'm about to use a big bag of Reptibark for a new indoor enclosure. At present it is sitting in the bag dry, it doesn't look dusty much. Can some kind person describe the simplest, most practical way to dampen or otherwise make it all tortoise-ready at once? I'm not sure if I should...
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    Hi there people. Western Hermann wants to say hello.

    Hi there and thanks from London for this excellent resource, (I use no other since found). My family are the still inexperienced owners of a roughly 1 year old Western Hermann. His (short) name is Oogy which gets shortened even further to Oog on occasions, or lengthened to Oogy Boogie. I should...
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