I have 3 tortoises. A 14 years old Herman female (Millie), a 70+ years old Herman female (Billie) and a 8-10 years old male Horsefield (Bertie). Bertie was given to us a couple of years ago and has his own area of the garden as he pesters the two ladies all the time. They have the run of the...
Our two Hermann females have the run of the garden. We also have a Cockapoo dog. The dog will eat the tortoises food, even cucumber, if he gets a chance but one of the tortoises, the young 10 year old, will eat any dog or bird poo it comes across! The old 61 year old doesn't have this nasty...
Yes, that's what I am worried about. We are apparently heading for a cold spell next week and they seem to have settled down now, with their front legs tucked in. They were all a bit overweight for their size when I put them away last month so they should be ok. I will keep an eye on them.?
I have 3 tortoises. Two Hermann females (Billie owned 61 years and Millie, 10 years old).
My daughter was given 2 young Horsefield males (7 to 8 years old) who fought each other terribly so she gave one to her brother who keeps it in a heated vivarium inside. Boris, the one she kept, was...
We have an old Hermann's Tortoise that I have owned for 61 years which we always thought was male ( long tail and concave underneath) We bought a baby 1 year old Hermann's which the breeder said was female. She is 9 years old now and was caught humping the old one in the hot weather??. Have we...
Hi both . Thanks for your replies . The stems of the lights are brushed aluminum so no reflection there. This is the second summer since moving house last year and he seemed to have settled in ok last year as the garden gets a lot more sunshine than the old garden. Like you mentioned, they are...
Yes, I agree it looks like a boy. The tail is usually longer on the male. Also the underneath shell on a male usually is concave and convex on a female so the boy dosen't keep rolling off when mating :<3::oops:
Hi, This is my first post. I have 2 Hermann's tortoises. Billy I have owned for 57 years and little Milly who is 6 years old. We moved house last year and Billy used to have the run of the whole back garden at the old house. Our new garden is considerably bigger and have not made it tortoise...
Hi, Just registered today. I own 2 Hermann tortoises. The first (Billy) I have had now for 57 years since I was 5 years old. The second (Milly) is only 6 years old so a mere youngster ! I will post some photo's of them later today. Thanks.