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    Thinking of rehoming...

    Thanks. I'm wondering if I should try hibernating him over winter so he can be safe while we do messy work in the kitchen, but having never hibernated him before, I'm quite nervous to do this. Summer was easy because he spent all day outside in the garden, but it's way too cold for him to be...
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    Thinking of rehoming...

    Hi everyone, I feel guilty even thinking about this, but lifestyle changes mean I have less time to dedicate to my tortoise. We are renovating a house and I have just got a new job, where I will be working more hours. I feel like I do the bare minimum for Sherman currently and that might get...
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    Moved House - Plant ID anyone?

    Right just been out... if these aren't good enough let me know and I'll take more tomorrow.
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    Moved House - Plant ID anyone?

    I'll try and get some tomorrow when it is light! I don't check this forum as much as I probably should!!
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    Moved House - Plant ID anyone?

    Oh eck... don't think I can pull that hydrangea out! If it is that I might have to cut it back and wall it off.
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    Is this weed safe for my hermann tort?

    Looks like buttercup leaves... http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/plant-database/viewplants/?plant=71#.WMpvVfmLSUk That's a no.
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    Strange Behaviour

    Thanks everyone, since moving house and settling into a routine, he seems more settled. I'm in the process of clearing an area of the garden for him to live in at the moment... hopefully he will be back outside soon!
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    Moved House - Plant ID anyone?

    Hi everyone, we moved house in January and it's getting warm and fine enough to actually do some gardening. I've found a spot in our new garden where Sherman could safely go - it's a little walled off area where the shed currently sits. We started clearing the Ivy from around it yesterday and I...
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    Strange Behaviour

    Eeeewwww.... but he never has before! I'll just leave him to it then!
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    Strange Behaviour

    Yeah he's in a 2 x 4 foot box, so not big enough. His outdoor enclosure will be taken to the new house, so after we have secured the garden he will be allowed out. There's no way I could get him in anything bigger at the moment, all of my tortoise stuff is in storage (like coir and extra light...
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    Strange Behaviour

    I can't remember his exact hatch year, but I think he is about 6 years old. I imagine he isn't happy at the size of his box. He was in an outdoor enclosure about 3 times as big as this one and he had access to the garden. Should I be concerned about the lack of faeces? I'd probably be more...
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    Strange Behaviour

    My hermanns tortoise seems really agitated at the moment. He's being quite aggressive and biting everything. When he is in his table he paces around banging against the sides. We are currently living with family and are in the middle of moving house. He is eating and drinking fine, but I...
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    Dirty Habit

    So my tortoise has access to the garden via a flap in his enclosure which is outside. I've gone outside just now and caught him chowing down on a dog poo. A fresh one as I clean up after my dog every day, but sometimes I miss that he has been to the toilet. This isn't the first time Shermann...
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    Help emergency! (need first aid advice)

    Just keep it clean. My tortoise got a cut on the top of his head somehow last year. Keep the wound clean and dry and it should heal up fine.
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    My Tort Is Biting Its Nails - Please Help.

    I've found that my tortoise wears down his nails a lot by trying to climb up stuff. Get a large stone to put in the enclosure...
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