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My husband and I found an artist at a local art fair over summer.. He does all sorts of different things but we were (and always are) in search of Tortoise art.. He had a few to choose from. The others were a little more twisted than this one. lol.. It isn't MY typical taste but it reminds me of...

Today we have very heavy, tear filled hearts.. Last night our smallest Hermann's Tort Vernie passed away. He started acting very weird and not like himself at all. He was scaring us pretty badly and we could see his pain in how he was moving.. Took him to a vet, got some medicine for him hoping...

Hi all! I wasn't quite sure where to post this question, I thought it might be kind of tricky so this board seemed right. :) I am going to begin using essential oils in my home. I am wondering if diffusing oils can hurt our little guys.. I know that is probably a broad question and I am not...

Hello fellow Hermanns' humans ;) We have 3 hatchlings, some of you know us and our endless questions. lol We estimate them to be about 5 months old now. So they are small, medium and large sized. Our largest, Oggi, is 33g's before his bath. He was 23g's 2 months ago.. Medium is Roaman at...

We are struggling with what foods our 3 hatchlings can eat.. I am looking for weeds and stuff but we do buy stuff from the market until my greenhouse and plants are ready.. We run into only a few different things that they can safely eat.. Kale, arugula and a couple of others are pretty much...

My Hubby finally finished the enclosure that he has been busting his butt on for a couple of weeks now. He converted a book shelf. Used the shelves as legs for the table and created a door that drops slowly so we won't accidentally startly our little guys. We were concerned as to how the would...

@Yvonne G - You were speaking with someone about this and I didn't want to piggy back ;) I've heard a lot about Orchid Bark, we started using Coconut ....shoot...something..substrate, last week. haha But it dries out so quickly! Then they end up pushing a pile around with them when they walk...

Who doesn't like a cute story, right!? We have 3 Hermann's and they are all awesome! However.. One (we JUST named him Oggle or Oggie for short) is so outgoing! We have had them a few weeks now and Oggie was the first to "come out of his shell", haha.. That's him in the picture. He loves...

We have noticed since we got our babies (3 Hermann'sTortoises) that while they are active they are a bit twitchy.. not too crazy, but when they breath it's like their head almost bobs a bit or something.. I just assumed this was their nerves and was a normal thing for them. We have had our guys...

Ok, so I wasn't going to post this but why not, right!? I'll never know otherwise ;) When we "prep" our torts food my husband chops it fairly small because they seemed to struggle a bit ripping pieces off.. Our guys are Hatchlings. What is best for them? :confused: I heard that they can also...

We are finding conflicting information on how often to give our hatchlings D3 powder vitamins. Can anyone answer this question for us?o_O Thanks!!

We have seen several "acceptable" substrate ideas and we aren't sure exactly which ones are correct.. We mix sand and coconut substrate 50/50 but it seems to be really hard for them to actually dig down into. They usually end up in a corner piled on top of eachother, almost completely exposed...

@Tom : We were told at our Reptile store that a big part of our Torts diet could be made up of Kale, Collard greens and dandelion.. Is that true? I have another post in the Forum about my organic green house.. I am trying to grow a few "staples" plus some "fun extras" for our guys.. If those I...

We have 3 baby Hermann's that don't have an outside enclosure yet.. We would like to get them outside asap, knowing it's best for them as hatchlings..:rolleyes::<3: BUT We also have a family of ground hogs that live in our backyard.. 2 adults and 3 babies.. urgh!!!!!! They have dug under our old...

I just thought that I would share the new organic container garden that I started for our :tort::tort::tort:.. I have new sprouts after less than 1 week! Super excited to get my greenhouse (next week) so I can really get to work on their garden/food!! :cool: If anyone has any tips or tricks...

Hello! We are the very proud new parents of 3 Hermann's Tortoises! They are soo cool and join our family of 4 humans, 4 poisenous Dart Frogs and 3 Uromastyx.