Thank you for your welcome reply and advice.
I suppose the way we gain information is from people we talk to. such as Vets that breed tortoises and our choice of reading.
They say in books that a Tortoise will not eat food that is not good for them. So when I walk my well kept well fed tortoises...
Hello Sarah,
I live in Spain and I have had the same problem..
But two of my tortoises are only one and two years old but they did not eat and were loosing weight.
I put them in a seed propegator and increased the temperatura during the day. Not at night as night temperaturas here are still very...
I appreciate the comments. But testing 12 pigeons (I kmow nothing about them) and sexing them all correctly, could possibly be put down to luck.
Try using the needle on partner or parents. Dangle the pin on the upper part of the hand, palm down, and see what happens,
Has anyone carried out this...
Hi everyone,
I have bred canaries for over 40 years and have now changed to Tortoises.
Many years ago a mother would check the sex of their daughter´s unborn baby by dangling a sewing needle on a piece of cotton over their daughters tummy. If the needle swung back and forth it was a boy. If the...
Hello,
This may seem a little daft but it has worked for me.
I have bred canaries for many years but the tortoise has taken over.
Years ago mothers and grandmother tied a sewing needle to some fine cotton and dangled it over the tummy of thier expectant daugter., If the needle goes back anf...
Hello everyone,
Due to the weather here in Spain, wild plant food is extremely difficult to find. I now get a Tortoise Wild Seed Mix from the UK. I grow it in pots and after about 3 to 4 weeks can feed it to the tortoises. I plant up a pot every 5 days.
My qustion is, if I put crushed cuttlefish...
Hello Adam,
I was walking my tortoises last night around the garden. When the adult hermanns stopped by a fallen fig.
Well she ate the lot and looked for more.
I have checked on the Internet and it seems to say that they are good for tortoises.
I have emailed you just incase you are not aware...
Hello Adam,
Thank you fpr your reply.
I live in a place called Planes del Rei, Tarragona about 130km south of Barcelona and 5km from the Med. I have a mature Hermans female and a Young Hermanns about 1year old and a Graeca about 2 years old. Before I get emails about mixing different species...
Hello all,
I am retired and live in Spain.
I have found a replacement for fresh wild greens in my local healthfood shop.
They sell packets of dried dandelion and nettles for making a rerfeshing cup of tea after to adding a teaspoon of honey.
I soaked some (no honey), drain and let dry for a...