This is my tort have had him for 4 years and he's still so small he lives in a 24" by 18" wooden cage with a uva and b lights water dish hide and repti bark he gets soaked once a week and taken outside weekly if it's warm enough he is fed a mix of dark greens and the occasional cherry with a vitamin powder but I don't know what species he is any ideas?Help identifying tortoise
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This is my tort have had him for 4 years and he's still so small he lives in a 24" by 18" wooden cage with a uva and b lights water dish hide and repti bark he gets soaked once a week and taken outside weekly if it's warm enough he is fed a mix of dark greens and the occasional cherry with a vitamin powder but I don't know what species he is any ideas?
Exactly what I was thinking and we have an expert who wrote this comprehensive care sheet
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/sticky-hermanns-tortoise-care-sheet-updated.101410/
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Tortoises all grow at different rates depending on conditions. Hermann's isn't one of the bigger species
@HermanniChris will know for sure. You can post a plastron (undershell) shot for more detail
Hi, and welcome to the Forum!
No, there's something wrong with your husbandry. Give the care sheet referred to above a very good read and make the necessary adjustments to your care and set up.
No, there's something wrong with your husbandry. Give the care sheet referred to above a very good read and make the necessary adjustments to your care and set up.
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Wow that's tiny, my 9 month olds are that size.
It look s healthy, but how big of enclosure do you have?
It look s healthy, but how big of enclosure do you have?
