Recent content by suffolkshelby

Thanks - sorry for not replying sooner. I haven't worked out how to turn on notifications in the ap on the iPad. Does anyone know how/if you can? Yesterday I bathed Shelby and he went straight back into hide. Today he dug a little near the heat lamp and ate a few leaves. Physically he looks...

So I took Shelby to the vets this evening and he said that Shelby has a respiratory infection. His eyes were really watery at the vets and the rest of the symptoms fit. Vitamin A deficiency was mentioned but thought to be unlikely as I've been using the supplement. Shelby's been put on...

Thanks for your help. I really want to get it right for him. I'll give the vet a ring in the morning (and make some lettuce hiding areas). Any tips on how to work out if it will be a good vet for a tortoise? It looks like this one would be my nearest option...

Thanks - I can easily change the water dish. I've read through the article and was wondering, would we be better off with a vivarium for the next 6 months or so? My husband bought the tortoise table and was sold it on the basis that the tortoise would need to be kept well ventilated and would...

Hi, I'm Susie, from Ipswich, UK. I've had my Horsefield tortoise nearly 3 months and have really been trying to get everything right for him. He's about 18 months old. I'm keeping him on a tortoise table. For the first couple of months I've had him he seemed fine. However for the last couple of...