A little update on Frank. He likes to completely bury himself in the sphagnum peat moss. I've seen him exploring his new home and even caught him with a weed hanging out of his mouth yesterday. I tried to feed him some Mazuri diet with some weeds mixed in today, but he wasn't interested. I've...
I checked up on him about two hours ago and he had burrowed himself down in the sphagnum peat moss inside one of the hides. Had to stick my finger down in there to find him since he was completely covered.
I bought a 25lb bag of the "old" version of the Mazuri tortoise diet. I realize now that I clearly don't need all of it for one small tortoise. I'm willing to sell a good portion of it at a fair price. I'm not looking to make a bunch of money or anything. The package was dated July 2014 and has...
I'm pleased to announce that after months of preparation and anticipation Frank has arrived. Frank is a Dalmatian's Hermann's tortoise from Chris Leone (Garden State Tortoise @HermanniChris ). He weighed in at 90 grams and measured right around 3". I've attached some pictures of Frank and his...
Unfortunately a destructive group of caterpillars (;)) destroyed what I previously planted so I had to start all over again. I had never seen a single one in my yard until I planted the weeds...very strange. The resident will be arriving very soon and this is what its home looks like now (some...
I thought that it was a Russian, but just wanted confirmation. The tortoise was given to the family member many years ago so it's definitely up there in age, but nobody knows exactly how old.
I'm on the west coast visiting family and got to visit with this tortoise for a few minutes. I could only get a few pictures, but was wondering if someone could help identify it. Thanks.