Hello
I am Derek's owner. He (or she, but called a he!) is a 1.5 year old marginated tortoise living in the north east of England.
I got him Christmas 2014, from a place called the tortoise shop in Hull. Here's their website: www.thetortoiseshop.co.uk
He came as part of the deluxe tortoise package, which included Derek, a tortoise table, a basking light and holder, an Arcadia uv bulb and holder, cuttle fish, bowls, bedding, calcium dust, and hemp bedding - but he is now on a soil and calcium mix from Amazon.
He is bathed every other day for 20 minutes, and his temps are 30-35 degrees Celsius under his light, and 20-25 in the cooler end.
He eats a supermarket salad lead mix at the moment as we can't grow any plants and weeds at the moment due to the weather in England
In the summer moths he spends most days outside, but is still brought in at night time. He weighs 200g at the moment.
He lives in a tortoise table - 30"x16"x6" with a tile to eat his food of, as when he was little he struggled to get in and out of the bowls, so I decided a tile would be easier to eat off.
He has an Instagram account - derekthetortoise
Substrate
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pettex-Rept...4123155&sr=8-1&keywords=Tortoise+bedding+soil
Uv bulb
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arcadia-Com...upplies_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=13J2VE6A3GN85TBM2S5Z
I am Derek's owner. He (or she, but called a he!) is a 1.5 year old marginated tortoise living in the north east of England.
I got him Christmas 2014, from a place called the tortoise shop in Hull. Here's their website: www.thetortoiseshop.co.uk
He came as part of the deluxe tortoise package, which included Derek, a tortoise table, a basking light and holder, an Arcadia uv bulb and holder, cuttle fish, bowls, bedding, calcium dust, and hemp bedding - but he is now on a soil and calcium mix from Amazon.
He is bathed every other day for 20 minutes, and his temps are 30-35 degrees Celsius under his light, and 20-25 in the cooler end.
He eats a supermarket salad lead mix at the moment as we can't grow any plants and weeds at the moment due to the weather in England
In the summer moths he spends most days outside, but is still brought in at night time. He weighs 200g at the moment.
He lives in a tortoise table - 30"x16"x6" with a tile to eat his food of, as when he was little he struggled to get in and out of the bowls, so I decided a tile would be easier to eat off.
He has an Instagram account - derekthetortoise
Substrate
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pettex-Rept...4123155&sr=8-1&keywords=Tortoise+bedding+soil
Uv bulb
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arcadia-Com...upplies_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=13J2VE6A3GN85TBM2S5Z