Recent content by anj

Hi guys, me again. My Sheldon he's been burying himself. I did the usual thing a got him wormed before he went out side. It was warm enough. But I still haven't seen him poo and wee. He's been wormed like I said, he's eating and I have been bathing him. He used to do it in bath but he hasn't for...

Hi shakudo. How offend are you weighting him? Do you weight before and after bathing him? Just wondering if that makes any difference to he's weight. Sheldon is putting on weight slowing to after he lost he's very quickly after getting him.

Thanks tom. Hi tortadise

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Hi kimber, at the other of the run he has a cover over the end so he would be able to keep dry. Horsfield. Which has straw in there. My partner has since planted a plant in to which he was munching on. I will see he can build a little something for sheldon to. Yellow turtle. OK that sound fair...

Also how much do you think I should feed Sheldon to. So much different info out there.. Thanks for replying everyone

OK. What temp do you think I should bring him in when it starts to get cold? My partner found it when he was cutting logs, he found one for our inside in run to. I was worried that the run was so small. Thanks.

Ok thanks everyone. Sheldon had a 1.5 hour run around the garden today. Trying to escape lol. He's getting very brave now.

Hello everyone's. Thanks for your replies. I have taken a pic from underneath, this is the only one I have so far and when he wakes and if he let's me take a better one. Hope everyone is well. How can I tell or find out the age? Many thanks. The girl in the shop said he was male.

Hi there, I'm also new to this forum. I had this problem to. I got my horsfield on the 18 June and I weighted him and he was 393g on the 28 June he weighed in at 362g that's 31g he's lost in a very short amount of time. When I got him I was told to bath him once every two weeks. I was...

Hi guys, I'm glad this topic has come up. We left ours outside one night when It rained and I felt slightly uneasy about this but me partner seemed to think it was ok as we have a porch part of he's outside run with straw in that he can hide in and the other end a log with straw that he can...

From West Sussex in the UK.

Hi guys. I'm Anj and very new to all this. I have a horsfield tortoise believed to be 2 or 3. The shop I got him from wasn't sure. Purchased on the 18.06.14 He's 12 cm in length. Sheldon is he's name. I've never had a had one before and quite excited.