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I also purchased a baby western Hermann's (Apulia locale) from Chris. The baby came packaged very well with some moss so the little baby felt secure and to help with not drying out. She was alert and bright eyed right out the package. She soaked, ate and basked right away. Very beautiful little...

That's good to know. I swear i read somewhere that you sometimes need to file their claws down... Proves you cant believe everything you read on line. well i'm glad i asked. Also I just read on garden state tortoise that some Westerns from Sardinia can grow up to 8" is that true? Seems way...

ive got one other question. how old do they need to be before you need to file their claws? mine's are already prettly long. ive got plenty rocks and a ruff water dish he climbs on but they dont seem to trim them down at all.

ok cool, thanks Chris that is good news. i wasnt worried if he was a western or not, jsut curious about his region. Hes adorable regardless of where he came from but i did want him to grow up to be a yellow and black one. thats why i picked westerns. Being that your came from different Italian...

of course not. clearly you didnt read my entire post. i said being from somewhere other than sicily will he "grow up" to look like the straight black and yellow ones. I made sure to buy one from italy since i have seen many from spain and other places that didnt have the look of the one in his...

Hey Chris, @HermanniChris I recently purchased a Western Hermann's from Arizona tortoise compound. i assumed being a western he would grow up to look like the one in your member pic but now i'm not so sure. he was from Italy, Sardinia i think. i assumed any from Italy would have the vivid...

Ok, ill turn up the temp a little bit. ill also grind down the sides of the water dish as i can see what you mean. he could easily land on his back and drown. my god i cant imagine coming home from work to that! ill start bathing him every day instead of every other or so. I always do wash his...

Hey Thanks!! its been like 3-4 long days after work lol trying to get it done, had about half of it done when he arrived.

ok cool. yeah I was suspicious about that temp/humidity gauge. ill get a new one and put it at his level. I do have two water dishes, he never uses the small green one. the other tan rock one is steep but hes never had a problem getting in or out of it, though it could have lower sides, I...

ops, forgot to mention. For perspective, the enclosure is 53" x 33" with an upper level. im sorry, I meant to say the 18" florescent bulb on the LEFT is a reptisun 10.0. the bulb above it in a office desk light is a 100W basking light. the big bulb on the RIGHT on the upper level is a exo terra...

Hey Guys and Gals, I'm new to Tortoise forum, and new to keeping tortoises. I always wanted one though and now that im 25 and living alone, i'm trying to live out my dreams lol. Anyways I got a 40 day old western Hermanns hatching 10 days ago. I built him a large indoor enclosure as I live in...