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Water temperature should be tested ahead of putting the tortoise in.

I've amended to 110 which is childsafe guidance in UK

So several points there. The room is cool at 80, for him...you must be boiling, but also a room at head height at 80f could be significantly cooler at floor height as in 10 to 20 degrees cooler. That's too cool for him to eat. He would ideally be at basking temps to eat and digest his food. The...

https://www.tortoise-protection-group.org.uk/site/tortoises_available_for_rehoming_181.asp?thissection=45 Norfolk tortoise club have several adult female greek spur thighs too. Several spurthighed adults >25 years here needing rehoming, some female, for free just on these sites. It's honestly...

Sorry, just to add the weight of 6.6kg would not be possible unless the tortoise was exceptionally overweight, was incredibly eggbound, or was suffering from an enormous kidney stone. I would double check if either weight or SCL (shell carapace length) was wrong. 11 inches isn't large for a...

I'm afraid it's completely inaccurate with regards to adult iberas which were imported to the UK in their hundreds of thousands in the 70's and with high levels of rehoming can be found for free rehoming everywhere. Iberas particularly as they were the only species imported in huge numbers of...

Significantly overpriced I would say. I would take a look at preloved for a rough idea although some have no idea. The level of rehoming in the UK particularly of older tortoises who have failed to hibernate in warm winters and have needed indoor heat and light with our increased energy costs...

You can buy seeds on amazon and they grow indoors like wildfire. Also check your garden. Weed plantain, hibiscus, mulberry and sowthistle also good. Google tortoise table plant database...easy to use to check your feeds.

The top scruffs are his original hatchling shell which is a more mottled texture than adult development, and the slight ridges are growth lines, like on a tree trunk.

Double check your temperatures. When you bath, what temperature are you bathing at and for how long?

So when it's said adults need a minimum enclosure size of 4 x 8 you thought you would run with acres?? 😆 (I know really we are talking 4ft x 8ft for smaller adult Mediterranean species when we say that and those are larger Sulcata!) Looks like the furthest away guy has an interesting back...

They get so insanely hot...even with a thermostat!

I would send you a scar I have on my arm from picking up a tort for a bath and knocking a CHE...the realisation that I could have knocked the tortoise on it and didn't and the damage it would have caused was both equal relief and horror.

I've been successful at keeping humidity up with an enclosure made as a table, so board base, plank sides, using melamine sheeting, with perspex top on a frame that can be lifted in place for access.if made deep enough the lighting can be inside.

I think I would ratify this container use with a reminder that approaching adult, between 3 to 4 years, a tortoise of the smaller to mid species such as these, needs a minimum enclosure size of 4ft x 8ft, ideally larger for a mid size breed like this, and this particular enclosure is likely to...

I'm still begging my husband for an engagement ring but where new tortoises are concerned the best he can expect is a formal introduction on the way in from work 😆😆

I'm crying at your response to yourself and especially me who managed to restart a 6 year old thread and even rope in @ZEROPILOT 🤣🤣

Haha late to the party and you've ordered. CHE will be fine but don't panic too much about night heat if your room is centrally heated anyway.

Yes they work on same E27 fitting. Make sure the tort can't climb on anything to end up near the CHE and pick him up away from it. If you touch it when hot it's a serious burn. Alternative options are no light, light bulbs...which doesn't make sense but they exist in pets at home for about a...

Give the plants a good hose to get off/ leave them out in the rain for a few days to get off anything put on them (though they stay outside anyway in shops)..there is a lot of discussion about not using plants from shops due to pesticides and fertilisers, but we either tend to have UK grown or...