eastern hermanns

Bramble is almost a year old so I wanted to make a post celebrating and also thought I'd give a run down on all my husbandry with him, since I'm new to posting on here and he's also my first tortoise. Just want to share and see if anyone has any thoughts or advice, if maybe I've missed any...

Hi, My first ever tortoise will be arriving on Friday. I have gone down a rabbit hole and I keep seeing posts about their hatchling dying. I know that sometimes it can happen, but can I get all the advice y'all have to avoid this? I am listing what I have bought so far and would love...

Hi all! I am fairly new to Tortoise keeping (two years in) and I would love some help identifying my little man. I originally bought him an Eastern Hermann's but now that he's almost three, I am having doubts on if he really is. He looked like a typical eastern neonate when we got him but...

In preparation for my upcoming tortoise (Eastern Hermann's hatchling) I've been studying plants in and around where I live in the East Midlands. I know we get dandelions and I've seen the odd common thistle, but I was wondering if anyone had any deeper knowledge of tortoise safe plants around my...

What do you think? This guy is 6-7 years old. Captive bred.

Hello. I have noticed this beak crack on our soon to be 3 year old eastern Herman’s tortoise. I don’t know how it happened, there was no known trauma. He seems to be acting normal, active, exploring, eating great. Can anyone please tell me what could have caused it? He is very curious and likes...

Hi everyone, curious if my 1 year old eastern hermanns is developing some sort of shell rot/ fungus? I changed out the substrate that was old and damp and got a new UVB for the first time since this date last year. If so was wondering what would be the best treatment? He is very active, eats...

Hello, My Eastern Hermanns turned four this month and I was wondering if it’s still too soon to sex? Does anyone know if it’s male or female? Ignore how dirty he/she is, they were in the yard enclosure all day and I take them in at night.

Hi all! We have an older Eastern Hermann's tortoise that was sold to us from Tortoise Town (I wish I'd found this group before purchasing there) as a hatchling Eastern Box Turtle. He came with worms and pyramided, we're treating him as a rescue. The vet says we have no way of knowing his early...

Hi everyone! I have an almost 1 and a half year old eastern/dalmatian hermann's tortoise and I was wondering if anyone here could help me out. Dash is my very first pet, I love him (or her!) with all my heart and I just want to make sure I'm giving him the best life I can. Although i did...

I'm wondering if anyone here could help me figure out if my juvenile Dash is an eastern or western hermann's tortoise? The place I purchased from didn't give any information about it. Also I'm very aware of his slight pyramiding, he already had it when I got him and I'm trying my best to fix his...

just wondering if my 1y 4m old Eastern Hermann’s looks ok? She’s recently had a growth spurt and her new growth ring looks weird to me. I’m terrified she’s pyramiding. I keep her in coarse and fine coir and pour water in/spray down every day. She enjoys a foraged diet with 2 mazuri pellets a...

Our little Eastern Hermann's Bo is officially 3months yesterday so we decided to weigh him for the first time since he's been home with us (two weeks now!)—he weighs about 25g!

Hello community, I'm a super paranoid new tort mommy—literally everything makes me overly cautious or concerned so I apologize if I'm just seeing stuff. I've only had him a week but everything is so new to me, no none I knew has a tortoise so I've never had any experience but I have read the...

Hello lovely people of TortoiseForum! Now that I've been a tort parent for about a week and a half, I think I'm ready to introduce myself and Herman to the tort community! Herman is an adorable Eastern Hermann's tort (please correct me if I'm wrong ?) that I purchased 10 days ago from...

male eastern hermann's tortoise

Hello, I know its hard to sex a tortoise until they’re older, however I’ve been having people tell me its already a female? The breeder said he was incubated at a certain temp to be a male. I was hoping for that because they’re smaller. I know it;s not certain and either way I’m happy to have a...

I have a juvenile Eastern Hermanns tortoise, Garfield. As you can tell from the name, Garfield has a healthy appetite and is to be a big tort. I just don't have the space that I know they deserve, or enough time give to them. Overall, I want to make sure they get a good home, with a...