This is his enclosure and a close up of his tail it’s the tip of it?! He has a hide where he sleeps at night. He eats a very good balance diet of fresh lettuce he can eat and we give him fruit as a treat once a month. His temps are as they should between 28 & 32 degrees in the lighted area! Do u think it’s something we have done?! Or not done. His bathed once a week
We have a care sheet for him which we follow it gives his things he can & can’t eat this is what we follow are they right. His substrate is a mixture of soil and sand and little stones we get from the pet shop! There is nothing on his tail just a little bit holding it together. We have followed everything the pet shop advised.
Thank you for the food list. We will most definitely be trying them out for him. I’ve looked on his tail but nothing is on it. Is it normal for it to fall off or shred?!
Thank you ? but nothing has been on him we are so careful with him and when we handle him
Don't follow what a pet store says. They know nothing usually and are out to sell to make money. Most of the stuff they sell is useless.
We will most definitely get him some of the foods on the post you shared
I only have a phone I do the forum with. I can't read the list. If it says fruit is okay to feed then it's not a good food list.
Pet shops are in the business of making money, not giving decent advice...We have very experienced tort keepers and breeders. You asked for our help...so please don't argue about it. Fruit is bad for Hermanni as their kidneys cannot process sugar like ours does. Sand in substrate can cause impaction in captive tortoises, bad news. Simply take what advice your tort needs and leave the rest. His enclosure and temps and humidity, and diet are all off...according to our experience.
I’m not arguing I’m sorry it if comes across like that! I’m here for help and appreciate all I’ve been told! Please help and say what I need to do
I am kind of a bottom line person, and my fingers hurt to type so sometimes my written word comes across wrong. I just want you to pay attention to to our advice and the experience that our keepers and breeders have had through the years. Sometimes I get afraid that somebody is going to read our stuff and then go to another Sulcata site and get confused at the different advice. I've been here since 2008 and our advice basically is very good and in depth. It's good to stick here... it's good to ask questions and welcome and I'm sorry that sounded a little brusque
course and that’s why I’m here! We want to give him the best possible care!
tortoiseforum.org
What do you mean?! Can you please explain to me what you meanThe substrate you are using is dangerous. It is commonly sold in every pet shop in the UK. Adding bits of limestone to a soil, sand mix is potentially deadly. The tortoise will naturally eat the limestone bits and they will be ingesting sand with it. This can cause a fatal impaction. Soil and sand should not be used for tortoise substrate, and doing anything to encourage a tortoise to eat any substrate is pure lunacy.
Here is the current and correct care info for you:
The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise
I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...
I don't have an answer about the tail. My best guess is that it is being caused by the dry desiccating effects of the enclosure he's in.
Thank you Tom! What is the best substrate I can get
