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This is Tilly and I'm not sure if I have pyramiding problem here she does seem to be growing pretty fast compared to William ( ps I think they are male and female )

Aquarium picture backing paper around inside of tort table! Too slippy for them to climb on and looks great

I had the same problem with my horsfeild tortoises and bought some aquarium backing paper which I put around the inside walls of my table top and it has worked really well the paper is too slippery for them to attempt climbing on and it looks great, hope this helps

My tortoises kept going on their backs I bought some fish tank backing paper and put it around the inside of their table it's so smooth and slippy they can't even think about climbing and it looks great too

Hi Charlie,I am new to tortoises I have 2 horsefield torts Tilly and Wallace I have them indoors at moment and plan on building an outdoor enclosure when the weather warms up I live in South Wales. Prepare to spend hours just watching them! Indoor tables are expensive to buy I made my own (take...

I use Eco earth in my tortoise table and have noticed lots of little flies can any one tell me if I need to throw all substrate out

Not sure if these will upload been trying for a couple of days ]

Have spent the morning watching Wallace and Tilly, fed them both seperately, both ate well, salad leaves, carrot and mushroom. Both had a bath no sign of disharmony between them, I continue to worry about bullying toward Wallace as he is smaller and sleeps more and if I need to seperately them...

Temp at night is 65/70 so I'm guessing no need for heat lamp at night. I have day off today so will keep an eye and see if any sign of Wallace being bullied, they do go up to each other almost like dogs having a sniff at each other! Tilly walks around Wallace if he under basking light

Aw this is sad, hope your little torty will be ok, sorry I have no advice as I'm new to keeping torts myself but will keep my fingers crossed

Am going to check overnight temperature tonight for a definite reading, many thanks

Average temp about 60 at night time

Thanks for advice

Thanks terry have now separated them, place I got them have said male/female would hate to think of Wallace being bullied, provider suggested he was getting ready to hibernate and that it was too cool at night for him, I left red lamp on over night Sunday and Wallace appeared brighter yesterday...

Sorry it's 2 tortoises and they are three years old, table is 4x4 with lots of separate hides and separate areas, temp under lamp is 90/95 and cool ends are about 60/65, they are horsefields, don't seem to be able to upload photos yet but will as soon as I can, have been feeding them on various...

Using echo earth compressed coconut fibre substrate and have a combined uv and heat lamp on during the day

I have just got two 3 year old tortoises william wallace and tilly trotter and at the moment have them in an indoor table, I have been advised to leave a red night spotlight on all night as the temp is dropping quite a bit. Any advice greatly appriciated, Tilly is lively during the day but...