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He's got a basking spot under both of his lights, and as his tank is big the side where his lights aren't are the cooler areas. His lights are on for probably more than 12 hours a day there not on a timer though, I turn the temp up every morning and lower it down of a night time, the temp in the...

I wish I could sleep standing up sometimes haha :) its a hard life being a tort :)

They were brilliant :) archie likes to do exactly the same then he looks up at me as if how did that happen when he nose dives into the floor haha :) who knew tortoises could keep u entertained that much :)

Thanku for your advice :) Archie is now out of his bedroom and sunbathing under his light :) his still not eating much but it's picking up so I've got one happy tortoise :) thanku :)

Thanku :) I'll sort that out :) x

The temperature under his light is 80f. The cool end is 70f And at night it goes to about 70f He was in a viv before his table so obviously the temperature change from being in a stuffy viv to being out in the open is a big one but I've read that the temps should be the same as they are in a...

I wrote on here last week about my hermann he was pacing his enclosure 24/7 and wasn't eating now I've changed his substrate hes stopped pacing but all he's done for the past week is sleep he's hardly eaten anything he doesn't even come out of his house I'm rele worried about him :(

Alarmings defintly the word :)

Ye hes a he :) and he's 2 years old. I did wonder if it was something that just came out and I'd never seen it before but got abit worried x

My Hermann tortoise hasn't pooed in the past week but yesterday I was watching him and he was trying to poo but something jelly like was coming out it was purple/red colour and it kept coming out but he couldn't let it go so it went back in. I've just bathed him and when I was drying him he...

Thanku for your comments :) I cleaned his table out yesterday and changed the substrate he had :) he went in the garden for a run around yesterday and today and for the rest of the day he's been sleeping he's doing the opposite of what I posted for :) hes eating abit more and i bathed him for...

My little man doing a spot of sunbathing :)

I didn't realise they didn't like change that could explain abit. I think aswell because he was in his viv and it held its temp it's alot different now because he's out in the open. Now the weathers picking up I'm going to start putting him outside I'm in the uk so it's just starting to get nice...

I put my tortoise in his new table about 3-4 weeks ago out of a viv, ever since every day he is climbing the walls I've got a mesh lid on it and a 'escape proof lip' but he tries to climb that high that he flips himself on to his back. He's hardly eating anymore and he doesnt have a poo for...

Thanku :)