Hello there. My Hermann’s tortoise is just under 2 years old. I was observing her beak recently and wondered whether her beak was too long. What are your thoughts? Here is a picture:
Hello everyone. I recently built an outdoor enclosure for my one year old eastern Hermann’s tortoise since during the day, the temperature has been in the high 70s and 80s, but at night, it gets down to the 60s and high 50s. Should I leave him out for the night. I know that younger tortoises...
I have seen posts about this and many say that giving the tortoise whole weeds adds more enrichment because they are actually “trying” for their food and using their whole body to eat.
Hey everyone, i have a yearling tortoise that will only eat weeds when they are cut up into small pieces. I put the full piece of dandelion and other weeds on her feeding rock, but she will just walk over them. Only when I cut up her food will she eat it. Anyone have suggestions for her to...
Hi everyone, I just wanted some insight on whether my tortoise is a boy or a girl. He/she is an eastern Hermann’s tortoise, about the age of 8 months. I personally think my tortoise is a girl because of its short tail, and
I have this ruby peperomia growing and I was wondering if my tortoise can eat it. I searched on the tortoise table, and it mentioned that peperomia was safe, which looked like a different variation of peperomia. Does that mean that ALL peperomia plants are safe fire tortoises including this one...
Hi everyone,
I recently got new uvb lights and I was wondering which one would be the most suitable for my enclosure and my tortoise. My Hermann’s tortoise is a baby, about 4-5 months old and the light is estimated to be put about 9 inches from the ground of the enclosure, so I’m just wondering...
Thank you so much :) yours is also so cute! I got mine on MorphMarket through a pretty reputable seller called “The Reptile Shop”. They are located in California and they sell all sorts of reptiles, not just tortoises. How about you, where did you get your tort?
thank you so much for the recommendations and tips! Definitely going to be replacing bulbs and purchasing the temp gun. My tortoise is a Hermann’s tortoise :)
Also, what are your thoughts on the substrate choice because I have seen many choices and I chose top soil and peat moss, but do you...
Thank you so much for the suggestions. I will be switching the UVB bulbs as soon as possible. Would this one be a good option?
REPTI ZOO Reptile 15W 18 Inches UVB T8 Daylight Fluorescent Bulb https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WNGSVFK/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
Also, I have seen that Mercury vapor bulbs...
okay thank you for letting me know. I have one heat emitter and one heat light, just to try to keep the temperature higher so I’m not sure if that is too much. Also I was thinking that they need a lot of UVB, since their natural habitat is under the sun for a lot of the day. Do you have any...
the link to the heat lamp:
https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/zoo-med-repti-basking-spot-lamps-100-watts
the link to the heat emitter:
Simple Deluxe 150W Ceramic Heat Emitter Reptile Heat Lamp Bulb No Light Emitting Brooder Coop Heater for Amphibian Pet & Incubating Chicken...
I’ve had my baby tortoise for about 2 months already, so they are used to their enclosure by now. They are about 4-5 months old now. I’ve noticed that they used to be pretty active, moving all over their enclosure and eating normally, but now, they are sleeping most of the day and only awake...