herman tortoise

This is so long overdue but my little dino is about to get a second floor to his enclosure! I'm so excited for him to have more room to roam and explore (does that mean he'll stop hovering by the walls to get out? Probably not lol). My plan is to have the top portion be the "hot" end and the...

!!!!Please Help!!!! Hello thank you for reading. My boyfriends tortoise has been poorly for a while now and we are really struggling to figure out what’s going on or how to help her. Her eyes closed shut and would not open, we tried everything we could find online: bathing them, vitamin a...

Hello! I took these images to a reptile store and they said it doesnt look like anything to them but these marks have developed slowly over the past two weeks. He is a good eater, very active. I soak him three times a week, his lights are about a month old and he has a cuttle bone but i also...

Hello! I have a Hermann’s tortoise that is about 4 years old. I’ve had him for about 9 months and he is my first reptile. He’s been acting kind of strange lately and I don’t know why. It started about a week ago when I noticed he wasn’t eating very much of his food. I got him kale and green...

Hi! I have a 2-3 year old Hermann’s tortoise and I’ve had her for almost a year now. She’s always been so well behaved and loved keeping to herself. She’d come and go out from under her log, to her basking area, food dish, burrowing etc. This past week, she has been obsessed with one particular...

Hey guys, I am looking to trade my male Russian tortoise for a Hermann or Greek tortoise. I just got my Russian tortoise about two weeks and have an outdoor enclosure for him. However, I recently learned that Russian tortoises do not do well in a subtropical climate because of the high humidity...

Hi all I’ve had my Hermanns now for about 2 months and it’s going well! However, just wanted to see people’s opinion on who active she has been for the last couple of weeks. She is only about a year old and and has been pretty active through the summer which is when I got her, but as the...

Taco and his not so little brother Bernardo ? Don’t worry they are never left alone together but they have a little time together every day supervised so they’re use to each other being around. Hope everyone is well ?

Hi guys, I’ve just got back from uni and noticed that our tortoise has a chip at the back of his shell, above his back left leg. It looks red where the chip has occurred, and got kind of dirty - I’ve removed the dirt where I can but he’s an awful wriggler! Anything I can do?

Hi all I am fairly new to this so please bare with me! I have a (aprox) 1 year old Hermanns tortoise and am struggling with the enclosure. I currently use a mix of Tortoise Life Substrate and Orchid Bark which it seems fine with…. Unless anyone else has any other recommendations. But I am...

Hi everyone! I’m looking to purchase a Herman’s on Craigslist. This is the ad: https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/for/d/brooklyn-tortoise/7363321992.html The owner said that he’s two years old and around 6 inches. Sounds like he’s almost at adult size but he’s still a yearling. Is there...

Hi there, a year and a half ago we got two young tortoises, they were roughly four months old when we got them. When we got them the breeder said they should both be girls due to the temperature at which they were incubated. They are now about 2 years old and one of them is demonstrating some...

Hi guys, I’m a very new tort owner and don’t know what to do. I noticed my tort’s eye has sort of shifted to the left?? Last night he couldn’t seem to open it after napping also. I’ve attached pics to compare the normal eye to the weird one. I don’t know what to do:( thank you x

Hello, I recently purchased a baby Hermanns tortoise and I was wondering whether it's ok for me to take him into the garden because the weather is good at the moment. I understand that I have to be extremely careful to not lose him, as tortoises can run, but other than that is it ok? I have not...

I can't seem to find any incandescent flood light bulbs that are local or available to ship to me. Any recommendations on alternative lighting for a basking spot? I was wondering if anyone has used a CHE bulb for the basking spot or if that wouldn't work. I'm getting a baby eastern Hermann's...

Hello, nice to meet you all! My hatchling eastern hermann's tortoise is arriving tomorrow and I'm very excited, decided to name him Kepler (after the telescope) haha I have everything I think I need to make a good enclosure, having read everything I could get my hands on the past two years...

Hello Tortoise Forum! I recently (a couple weeks ago) got my little Ichabod after 2 years of researching. So first off, thank you all for all your advice and help in educating me. He is a 2 year old Herman, and I am so very attached to him. He can be so outgoing and curious, and then reclusive...

hi everyone, i got this little one a month ago and she weighs 125 gr, in the place that i bought her they told me that she was 3 years old or something like that, but i have to ask does someone has a chart or something to compare is growth for the years to come?. sorry if i misspelled some...

We are needing to sort out an outdoor area for our Hermann. Our garden is small and totally covered in stones. Because of this, it needs to be something that can be folded away. We have found something that is a decent size and has netting for protection that can easily be stored away but we are...

Hi there! I'm looking for some experienced opinions. Attached are some pictures of my little Hermanns (please excuse the calcidust on her bottom, she's been roaming) - I'm a little worried as I've noticed the edge of the back of her shell is slightly flared/turned upwards (she's around a year...