I have a 6 year old Hermanns tortoise and she doesn't seem to be enjoying her current enclosure, which is a regular tortoise table with soil substrate, a few spider plants, an 80 watt UVA, UVB and heat bulb and areas where she can burrow. I decided to put dust free shavings in her sleeping area...
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Thanks, this has been very helpful. I am trying to up the humidity of her enclosure through regular misting, daily soaks and i will start paying closer attention to her diet.
ill' be sure to check out that care sheet !
Thanks again.
I own a 6yr old female hermann's tortoise who has just come out of hibernation. right from when we got he she has had a medium level of pyramiding but i have noticed it has recently got worse.
I really need some advice on diet and general lifestyle tips which will reduce her pyramiding or at...
I have had a 5 year old female hermanns tort for about 3 years now, she has always had some pyramiding but never any other health concerns. However this last week or two I have noticed her faeces have been very runny and instead of doing it in one she does it in dribs and drabs. I have always...
I don’t really burnate my tortoise but when she wants she’ll go to sleep for about three weeks at a time. I’ll check he temperatures tomorrow. Could it be because the temperature is inconsistent because her enclosure is in the living room.
I have a 5 year old hermanns tortoise who I am really worried about, she goes into her sleeping compartment for weeks on end and just scratches at the sides of her enclosure, and so isn’t properly hibernating but also isn’t coming out, warming up or eating and so Is loosing energy and fat...
I’m sorry I didn’t know that there was “no semi hibernation”. I don’t hibernate her fully when she wants to go to sleep she will for sometimes up to 3 weeks, lately it has been around about 5 days, I live in Cumbria, the Lake District. I feel that he enclosure is too small
I have a 5 year old Hermann’s tortoise who has recently started going into semi hibernation, however everyday i here this loud scratching coming from her sleeping compartment, I tried getting her out and offering her some food but she just goes straight back in again and continues scratching at...
I have a female five-year-old Hermans tortoise that currently lives inside for the most of the year except when it’s hot outside and she goes in her outdoor enclosure for the day, I am now looking to move her into the greenhouse for all year except when she’s hibernating.
I am struggling To...
My tortoise is very small and my aunts two are full size, and they were put in separate enclosures and my one climbed out of hers into the others. Is this rivalry?
I already have a 5 year old female Herman’s tortoise, and am looking to get another one. I wanted to get another one because while i was on holiday i gave my tortoise to my aunt who also has two female 20 year old Herman’s tortoises and they got on like a house on fire, my one even climbed out...
I have a 5 year old hermanns tortoise and she only eats little gem lettuce and cucumber, she won’t touch anything else. Lately i have noticed her trying to eat rocks, chicken poo, worms and other insects, and my fingers. If i gave her the choice of fresh garden grown kale and a worm or some...