Recent content by kameko

Hello all! I had so much support on this forum when I found baby Western Herman hatchlings in our garden about a year ago, so thank you for that. I need some more favor... One of the now 1 year old youngsters has a maybe penis prolapse... I am attaching the pictures of it. He (or she) weighs...

Hi Tom, Thanks but the bag for the bark says Pine Bark... hmmmm. It is from TRIXIE brand, which is very widely sold in animal material shops in France. (The coco coir/husk was also of this brand) It does have some fine dusty particles at the bottom of the plastic bag. Though my tortoises have...

Thanks Amanda, I guess Coco Coir is more fibrous and safer 👍👍

Hello all, I just wanted to share my recent experience. I have 5-month-old Western Hermann Tortoises. They are doing very well and growing rapidly, so I needed to change their case to a much larger one. When I changed the case, I also changed the substrate from "Pine bark" to "Coco soil (prob...

Thank you @Tom, so reassuring! Yes, I have read your lists when we got them :) I will re-read them and double-check if our little ones are happy and on the right track. Whoop whoop!

Thanks, @wellington! So happy to hear it. We will reduce the pellets from now on. They will be disappointed because they adore the pellets. A little like kids with MacDonald's burgers...

We have three Western Hermann Tortoises born 4 months ago. This is our first time keeping them from hatchlings. They were born weighing around 0.5oz (15g), and after just 4 months, they have quadrupled and now weigh around 2oz (60g) each, 2.5in (6.5cm) in shell length. Is this within a healthy...