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Hey thanks for the great advice,I'm going to try all your suggestions..hopefully the fly trap will work

Hi thanks for the advice..I used to have that as substrate but soon learnt how bad it was so I now have coco coir and organic top soil,it's 4" deep..by rolie polies,do you mean woodlice?

Hi guys, all of a sudden I've noticed an increase in flies..there only small but there's quite a few..I use a substrate of play sand/gravel and topsoil,so I can only think they were in the topsoil when I bought it..I just wondered if any one has any suggestions or ideas to get rid of them...

Thanks for the info,especially willtortoise that has helped a lot. Ill put all the advice into practice

Ok thanks,that's what mine is at the moment

Hi guys I'm wanting to provide the best possible conditions for my little tort so I'm just wondering what the best temperatures are for underneath his basking area and around his enclosure Thanks

Inside his enclosure it is 20c,under his lamp it is 35c..we are feeding him safe edible weeds,mainly dandelions when he eats that is..we got him from a breeders in hull (the tortoise shop). He soaks for 20 mins every day in warm water..he has a substrate of mainly top soil and play sand..we have...

Hi guys my Russian tortoise seems to be very motionless,he's been in the same place all day and seems to be only able to open one eye..he's had plenty of basking time and baths..he just doesn't seem to want to move at all and when he does its like he doesn't have any strength and can only move a...

Hi, thanks guys. He's fine up and down the ramp, thinking of raising the sides when he grows a little bigger though.

Oh wow..... So cute!

Hi thanks,yeah I made it from scratch..only had peanut a week so still trying to work out what's best: substrate,water dish,things in the enclosure etc..thanks for the advice

Thanks guys,I know what you mean by 'looks like a peanut'..yeah I made the enclosure it's nearly 4ft square,for now..he loves being outside the best

Hi guys just thought I'd introduce my new horsefield,peanut..I've had him a week n couldn't be happier..here's some pics

Thanks guys,I enjoyed making the table for the little guy/girl