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Bob (my female) has a habit of sort of doing this little front leg/shoulder pumping/bobbing action. She tends to do it when she's not that warm, or when she's just been put down somewhere (e.g. returned to her indoor enclosure). It's almost like she's pumping herself up! Her front legs stay sort...

Thought I'd post some photos of my temporary indoor enclosure for my female :) I'm in the process of building a much bigger one for her but I realised it was going to take me a lot longer than I thought so in the meantime I've upgraded her current, temporary one. I've increased the height...

Hi there I was just wondering what type/make of UV bulb people are using for their greeks? I'm using an Arcadia Compact D3 Reptile Lamp but I'm wondering whether that's really the best option. Any tips or advice most welcome:D thanks Nancy :)

When I took my male (wurtle) to the vet last week he noticed that his eye was slightly swollen and gave me some antibiotic eye drops for him. I've now finished the course and I think his eye looks ok but just wanted to check with you guys. When it was swollen to be honest it was barely...

Hello I'm re-building and extending my tortoise table for my female T. graeca iberia and I know that I've come across a formula somewhere that gives the minimum size for an enclosure based on tortoise size but I can't seem to find it now. I just wondered if anyone knows what it is? or where I...

Hello (yet again!) I seem to be a one-woman question machine at the moment - sorry! :) The vet that looked at my male yesterday said that his weight gain may have been too fast since hibernation. I know to take what he says with a pinch of salt but I wanted to know whether you guys agreed...

Hi I've just gone to check on my male and noticed the top side of his tongue is dark dark red. It looks almost stained. The underside is normal looking. I've never noticed this before. When I checked his mouth after hibernation his tongue was just pinkish coloured. Could this be from food...

Hello (yet again!) Sorry to be asking so many questions at the moment! Before I introduce my pair to each other again I just wanted to check how much of a problem biting during courtship is? Obviously it's part of the ritual but at what point is it time for me to step in and separate them. The...

Hi I'm new here but was directed over from another forum. I have two greek tort males. One is 9 years, the other is of unknown age but was found 15 years ago as an adult by a friend so is probably 25+ I would say. I don't know what sub-species they are (although I'm hoping to try to ID...