I have a just over a year old Hermann and wondered if orchid bark / reptibark are safe ? I’ve always used just coco coir and sometimes a mix of topsoil which wasn’t good but I’m looking for something else other then coco coir but heard orchid bark or any bark shouldn’t be used as it emits toxic...
Today I did a monthly weigh in and measuring etc and checking of her shell and noticed she has a pinky patch at the top of plastron and I’m extremely worried ? What could cause this she is active eating and put on 20 grams in a month she’s 1 year old
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So i have a Hermann hatched august 2022 and I've had her since feb 2023 so nearly a year , after having her for a few months she got a ri she would sleep a lot , no basking and clicking noises constantly and sneezing after some antibiotics and upping temps she was back to herself , the...
I have a temp gun to check temperatures inside my enclosure but when i take the temp of my tort when basking or when shes not what should it say ? Like whats to hot and whats to cold when taking the temp of there shell
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Hello everyone im hoping i can get some help im moving in a few weeks thankfully only a 5 minute drive from where i already live but my olives enclosure is huge and not easy to dismantle so we've hired a truck to move it , shes our first priority so she will be moved into the new place before...
I recently made a new indoor enclosure for my one year old Hermann out of pine without realising it was apparently toxic for them if it gets hot , i read some say its not true and some say it can kill them so i have yet to put her in it but is there any way i can make it non toxic as ive spend...
Hiya ive attached a picture but there seems to be this odd patch on the bottom of my hermans shell it was sold black before but now has white through and the end near her tale is the same , ive attached with areas circled to any help or advice would be great
This may sound stupid but i have a che that runs during the night when it gets below a certain temperature and the same for the day time as my tortoise has a large enclosure and sometimes the basking bulb doesn't warm up the whole thing enough , i dont have a cage around it its just in a ceramic...
Im just going to start with some back story ive had my tort 5 months now shes 11 month old hermann , at 9 months old she had respiratory infection as i let temps to cool and to high , thankfully i caught it early ( her only symptoms where a clicking noise everything else was normal ) i asked for...
Im hoping i can get some help ive been trying for a while to figure out what sort of type of hermann tortoise i have im hoping to get others opinion i believe i was told shes western hermann but cant remember to well shes now 10 months old
Ive attached pictures of bottom and top of shell
I see lots of pics of underneath Hermann tortoises but never seen a line like my tortoise has shes 10 months old and two months ago had a respiratory infection but is now fully recovered i just want to check it looks okay the line seems pinkish straight down , temps are 28 then 35 under...
My little hermann has some brown ish on the edging all the way around its not soft etc im just wondering what it is she had a ri over a month ago and 2 weeks ago we had a check up with vet who says her shell looks very healthy , I'm just wondering what the browny colour is if anyone knows as i...
Hello can anyone recommend anything good for my tort to eat of i used to use a large peace of slate but that became a messy situation and when food is even got a little bit of dirt on my tort wont eat it so i opted for a terracotta dish dug down in her substate and this stops her dragging coco...
Ive posted alot in here recently about my little Hermann having ri but i just have a question as i trust everyone opinions and help as i really don't have anyone else to ask , as some may know shes has 4 injections for her ri , i was told i caught it super early as she was only clicking and...
My little hermann( 9 months old) has just had a respiratory infection 4 injections later and keeping her temps above 29 during the day at 24 at night shes seems to be on the mend , its been over a week since her last injection and a week and a half of warmer temps ( humidity is 60 in the day and...
Hello i came on here the other day about noises my 8 month old hermann was making thankfully after two trips to the vets and two injections shes better as i was told i caught it early , until today yesterday i spilled some water while changing her water on her coco coir and it seemed to have...
I need some advice my 8 month old hermann is making a noise which sounds like a walking with wet feet in flip flops like a sqeaking sound and im really concerned , she had been awake for half an hour basking then went to eat after eating she made this noise no other symptoms and is eating and...
Ive had my 8 month old hermann for 2 months and only eats weeds sometimes some lettuce etc but i was looking on what the breeder sent me of what he feeds and says fruit i thought Hermann's are a no fruit tortoise so i phoned him as for 2 months i haven't given any fruit but he had been giving it...
Ive had my hermann tortoise for just over 6 weeks now ( 7 months old ) i bath daily for atleast 30 mins normally around 40 mins i bath in the evening as i leave for work before the lights go on ( i leave at 5:30 ) lights on at 7 i get home at 4pm and give her a bath straight away ive seen alot...
Can anyone help and see if my tortoise eyes are sunken ( 7 month old hermann ) she has daily baths for 40 minutes and she goes in her water herself daily ( she has camera so i can watch her ) her humidty is always between 60-80 % never lower ive tried to attach pictures they look like they have...