cold weather question

[Spazz_Attack24]

The second link I added here is good to look through too!

I only have 2 females and i have 2 big yards for them

 

[Spazz_Attack24]

are lose when the sun is not over there encloser but in there when the sun is over it, and im not sure about the infection it was in her eyes but it all clear now. they gave me some eye drops to help with it, it was very puffy and very white around it

What was the infection from?

Are they loose in the front yard and not in an enclosure?

Tortoises don't get lonely and miss their friends? Other tortoises are not seen as friends. They are seen as competitors and intruders to be driven away.

We are trying to help you avoid common pitfalls.

 

[Spazz_Attack24]

I hope we’ve not put you off the forum by recommending you house them separately, I promise it’s come from the kindest of places and us wanting everyone to have a positive keeping experience, we’ve seen many, too many sad results of housing two together like this, it can sometimes take a long time to happen, they’re hardy, but it does happenthey’ll definitely be much happier in their own space, it’ll take them time to adjust but I promise you they will, things move slowly with tortoises

They’re both gorgeous btw!

You could brumate them over winter, but if you don’t feel comfortable doing that(plenty of people don’t) then adequately heated and lit indoor enclosures will be your best bet, hopefully this thread here will help you, it’ll be worth a read either way to double check all your indoor equipment and levels are correctit can be so easy to have the wrong bulb types!

Housing adult Russian and Hermans indoors

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information an example of an appropriate indoor set up for an older Herman/russian. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure, I understand being from the uk myself, that some climates make it difficult to...

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I hope to see you stick around! You’ll soon see why so many tortoise owners love this community here! We all genuinely care for each others tortoises

Feel free to check out the brumation thread too if you’re interested!

Tom's Brumation Thread

Every fall we get bombarded here on the forum with all sorts of questions and problems regarding hibernation and tortoises "slowing down" for winter. The purpose of this thread is to talk about all aspects of this subject, to dispel some of the myths and mysteries, and give a "how to" list of...

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Ill stick around