So I live in this lovely place called the Willamette Valley where it's cloudy and rainy about 9 to 10 months out of the year. I'm getting a Hermann's soon and have the ability to keep him outside in the summer months (aka July and August if that). It can be anywhere from 65 to 105 F in the...
All right, I'm getting my baby Hermann's finally in a week or two. (I was going to get one earlier and then financially things went wonky). Anyways, I'm getting a lot of jumbled answers for what heat and light to use and where to put them and such. My enclosure is about 3 1/2 ft long and almost...
So I have an aloe vera plant that I've been growing for a while.... Besides the soil having some extra fertilizer to grow it, it's all organic. I read somewhere that this is edible for tortoises?
Is it? If so, would it just be a treat type food like once every couple weeks? Should I chop it...
I was vacuuming today and being the crazy worried person I am about getting my new baby tort, I was curious - do loud noises such as vacuuming scare your tortoise like it would scare a dog or cat?
Just curious.
So my boyfriend and I will be getting a new baby Hermann's in a couple weeks and we've got the enclosure set up so we can get the heating and humidity figured out before we get it. We have a UVA/UVB light, but we need a way to heat the enclosure.
I was wondering if any of you have any ideas...
Hello everyone! :)
I'm Heidi and I live in Oregon. I work 2 jobs, one at a grocery store and the other selling Mary Kay.
My boyfriend and I will be getting our very first tortoise in about a month.
We will either be getting a baby Hermann's or a Russian most likely. We're going to check a...