Recent content by Timjb97

Thanks, the 2 out of the 4 packs of seeds have been delivered today, and I'm hoping to get down to the garden centre to get trays and soil on Saturday, and plant them then - and hope for the best!

Thanks :) I have a seed mix that contains a mixture of weeds and edible flowers. I am also going to grow some lettuce, dandelions and clover - I have a keen gardener friend and she is advising me when the best times to plant the seeds are :)

Thanks for your advice Tom :)

This is just a quick drawing I've done The red area will be a shelter/hide The green area will be edible plants and weeds The blue bit going towards the hide will be a concrete path to help ware his claws down The grey circle will be his shallow pool The bottom half of the original fence may be...

It was, yes. I plan on making it interesting, it is a large rectangle shape that I have to deal with. I plan on making a large section of weeds etc for him To graze on, an underground hide, a built in shallow pool, and lots of different rocks partially dug into the ground so he can climb on...

Thank you Tom, He will be getting a tube light as soon as I can find somewhere to buy the holder/fittings for it He doesn't eat the substrate, and he does have cuttle fish available and calcium sprinkled on his food, however he does not eat the cuttle fish. Thank you.

My mistake. I had an old account on my phone which I couldn't remember the details for - timb2911, but created a new account on my iPad I got for Christmas -timjb97. I replied to the comments on my phone, meaning it was a different account. I'll do everything via iPad now to make it easier :)

Thanks for all your advice. I will be taking all of it into consideration in the future :) And he is June 2014 hatched, my mistake.

I thought it was only this type as well. The next one he gets will be a strip bulb.

Hello tortoise friends :) I live in the north east of England. I have had Derek, my marginated tortoise for just over 1 year now, and he is 20 months old. I like to think I am taking good care of him - but I would love any suggestions to make his life better. He is a June 2015 hatched...

Hi, thanks for the advice. I've heard many people tell me that coil bulbs will damage his eyes, so I have avoided them - one pet shop tried selling me one but I just walked out in anger. This bulb isn't actually a coil bulb, it is more like the shape of an energy efficient bulb, and many people...

Hi, thanks for the info. The bulb that is for basking can be freely tilted, so I will tilt this so it is directly above, and the Uv bulb is also directly overhead. I have chafed the bulb once, and it is about to be changed again. 1st one was between December getting him, and June, as the light...

The website is thetortoiseshop.com not .uk

Hello I am Derek's owner. He (or she, but called a he!) is a 1.5 year old marginated tortoise living in the north east of England. I got him Christmas 2014, from a place called the tortoise shop in Hull. Here's their website: www.thetortoiseshop.co.uk He came as part of the deluxe tortoise...

Forever telling people what the differences are and that I'm getting a tortoise, not a turtle!!