Hermann’s. He dug enough where the top of his shell was just covered. Maybe he was just getting comfortable… since the sun was directly hitting his spot, I wonder if it could get too hot though? Who knows..
The other issue is we just got new yard mulch and I’m unsure of the materials. I’ve...
Today my tortoise burrowed in a fully sun-lit area of the yard. I didn’t know if that meant he was hot and was trying to cool off (it was only 64F / 17C), or if he wanted to feel the warmth while being covered. I worried about him overheating so I put him in his outdoor enclosure that has a well...
Here are some photos for relativity and scale. The thing on the right side of the photo is the garden bed that we put there for shade
Anyways, we have 3 friends here today helping us search to cover more ground. We’re going to be doing some major digging wherever we can. We’ve handed out...
Please see the post I just made right before yours, post#18. The photo you are referencing is an old setup that we quickly changed. I apologize for the confusion and thank you your consideration
Thanks for the encouraging words.
For anyone wondering, here’s what the walls currently look like (I’ve removed all the decor while searching for him). The walls and cinder blocks measure anywhere from 9 inches to 11 inches high (23cm to 28cm) depending on the height of the dirt
This is the...
Thanks Tom.
As I said in the text underneath the picture, we replaced the white see-through fencing with large, long sections of wood held together by cinder blocks. He couldn’t see through the wood, he stopped patrolling the perimeter, and he never attempted to get over it. Which is why I’m...
Thanks for everyone’s replies. This is helpful.
This is his enclosure. The miniature white fencing was so easy to escape so a day later we removed it and used the wood that you see marked in red. 8’ and 4’ lengths of wood that were linked together by the cinder blocks surrounding the entire...
My Hermann’s tortoise went missing yesterday between 3pm - 7pm. It was a hotter day than usual here in western Washington state USA, around 87F-90F (30C-32C). There are 2 possibilities I can think of:
1) He escaped his enclosure. This is unlikely because we built the enclosure to be very...
We’re hoping he won’t attempt to escape since he can see through the gaps in the tiny fence. If he’s good then we’ll remove the wood barriers. Regardless of the final set up we plan to keep a close eye on him throughout the day and never leave him out while we’re gone.
Also - we’re going to put...
I used it for a brief period of time in a corner of the cage and my impression was it probably wouldn’t hold moisture too well (but I never actually tried getting it wet). Interesting. Maybe I’ll give it another shot! It just seems like the chunks are too big to actually be comfortable for my...
I have major woes when it comes to this topic. When the coco fiber is too dry, it's nice and easy for my Hermann's to burrow in and he loves it. But it's crazy dry. When the coco fiber is wet and at a sufficient moisture level, it sticks ALL OVER his entire body (legs, head, face, shell) and he...
Two months ago I built a tortoise table for my very first pet tortoise.
Here is what it looked like complete:
After a few months of living with it, we weren't too fond of the top soil that we used for the substrate. Hector loves to burrow and dig, but the dirt compacted over time and made it...
Yes!!!! One reason why I was a bit more comfortable adopting my particular tortoise as my first is because at his age he is basically an adult/sexually mature. Caring for a tortoise for the first time ever in my opinion is already a task that is daunting enough, but when it comes to the...
Thank you so much, super super helpful. Not enough people describe things in proper detail to get a real sense of what is being discussed. I’m going to go ahead and order it and hope for the best! They’re super random with no reviews on Amazon; I can’t imagine how long it must have taken you to...
Great! One last question: Would you say that this information is out of date at all? Because I'm thinking of going with option 2. https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/uvi.174974/#post-1734639
Just making sure since you mentioned in one of your previous post replies that much information on...
I have a pretty small living room (which is why I was only able to construct a 5 foot by 3 foot enclosure), so the tortoise table is only about three and a half feet away from where we sit on the couch. Plus, the enclosure is pretty high (three feet) so when we're sitting on the couch, eye level...