Colin's new table nearly finished! Lining it with pond liner (not the whole thing, the bottom and a few inches up the sides). We've varnished it and just getting ready for the next coat! Very exciting. It's 122cmX60cm, making it about 4ft by 2ft. Colin is pretty small (5inch maybe) so hoping...
In the final stages of making Colin's new indoor enclosure! Wanted to make one at the start of the year but things happened and we didn't get to, so I'm glad to have it nearly done now.
Just wondering if it's safe to pain the inside of the table, and if so what paint I should use? If no paint...
Possibly something I should already know here.. but Colin is a spur thighed tort (Tunisian)- does the come under the Mediterranean tortoise category? Wikipedia says spur thighs do, but last time I checked Tunisia was in Africa 😅
Also how different is an African tortoise diet to a...
Hi all,
I had Colin outside this evening. He's always supervised as there are plants and things around it for him. He managed to get a bite out of what I believe is a dead 'red Robin' leaf. On tortoise table these are listed as toxic. The leaf was dead and he only got one bite, but he's small...
There's a few of these in the garden at the moment..
had Colin outside for 15 minutes today on the patio as it's warmed up a bit today. I always watch him when he was outside and I noticed he tried to eat one of these- I took it off him but I think he may have gotten a small bit still. Will...
my mum and I picked up a MVB bulb to try for Colin over the next few months before he goes into an outdoor enclosure for the warmer months. I posted a thread about the tube lights yesterday and we went to pick a new one up + fixtures today but they didn't have any of the ones we were looking...
Hi all..
possibly a silly question here but I cannot figure out how my set up should be. I've been reading through other threads about the lighting set up needed, and someone kindly pointed it out on an instagram post I made, and I've realised my UVB tube light is incorrect.
The previous owner...
Hi all! Hope everyone had a good Christmas (if you celebrate).
I'm in the process of drawing up some plans for the enclosure I am going to build for my tortoise. I've done some looking and nothing commercially available is quite what I want. And besides, who doesn't love a project :)
he's only...
Help!! Is this shell rot? Colin is a spur-thighed.
I changed his substrate around three weeks ago from straw pellets to orchid bark.
I clean out the poo every time I see it, as well as the bark that is visibly dirty with urates and poo. I haven't yet completely changed the substrate as it says...
Help!!
my tortoise loves to climb and slide down from ramps or my lap or anywhere he can reach. It seems to entertain him but I'm worried because he lands on his face a lot. Maybe I'm being paranoid but is there any chance he could break his neck or anything? He's pretty good in that he very...
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I have a small Tunisian spur-thigh tort. Looking at upgrading his enclosure from the one he came to me in as although it does the job, it isn't quite big enough and I worry Colin gets bored. Especially as I am out at school in the day so he is home alone. He's currently on straw pellets...
Hi,
I am a teenager who recently came into possession of a Tunisian tort. This is my first time owning one, so forgive me if this is a silly question.
My dad is very fond of the garden, and has been trying to get the lawn nice again for the last few years. He uses a product called Miracle Gro...