WE PLAN ON HOUSING OURS OUT MOSWT OF THE YEAR BUT WILL ALWAYS HAVE A BASKING LAMP FOR HER IN HER COLD HOUSE. WE WILL BE GIVING HER A 30 FT BY FT PEN, WHCIH WILL BE KEEPING HUBBY AND FATHER IN LAW BUSY IN THERE SPARE TIME LOL
SHE WONT BE PUT IN IT TIL NEXT SUMMER, THIS YEAR AS SHES NOT EVEN...
took taylor the herman to the vets, a specialist one in solihull, they were v happy with him , told me he is 6 cm, weighs 60g, is v healthy, they have begun to worm him as he is from solvenia and has lived with others in pets at home shop.
well worth the money, spent half an hour with the vet...
we never had a test and we got taylor from one of there stores last week, infact they gave us the wrong info about lots f things, so maybe there staff should retake this test!!
they do ask if the torts house has been set up for at least 3 days and what the temps are, may ask what you feeding...
i bath our herman which we got almost a week ago, daily, he will sit in it for 5 mins then tries to get out, he often poos in this warm water and tends to eat after and be wide awake
we will keep ours in until next summer then the plan is to redo our garden , pen it, put its house and lamp out there, etc etc-
he willof course and does, go out daily for an hour, this time will extend as our weather gets better i will say, but he is far too small for my liking to be out...
okay, we recently got ours from pets at home shop, and they gave us so much conflicting advice!! the food was almost all wrong for starters, they told us salad and fruit and thats what they eat in the shop!!
secondly they advice glass vivs and have even bought a new glass tortoise starter box...
i was told no heat mat, we use a uv strip yes as he does not live outside yet so needs this, although he is put outside for some of the day, its not enough. so that goes on wit his basking lamp.
THANKYOU all,
well taylor seems to be eating a little in the mornings then again he paces in the eve so i feed him more, he has not eaten dandilions yet, even tho i thought they loved them. should i cut them up small or make him work like they do in the wild for them and leave them whole, do...
thank you for the replies and the good advice
the supplement was were sold was komodo premium veg diet for tortoise, to sprinkle over his weeds, is does not say whats in it but advises its a holistic supplement and has
protien 14%
oils and fats 2%
fibre 10%
ash 8%
calcuim 2.2%
plus a...
hi, we have a new herman tort, our 1st, we are in the uk, have an open viv - sp not humid hopefully! not glass either which i heard was not good.. he was born in 07 is papers say so is around 18 months old. we are in the uk
can you please confirm for me the night temp his enclosure is...