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Thanks :) I do use a cardboard box - like you, to move them from indoors to out, but she still does it. She does it in the morning too when she's colder, even if I've not touched her. I even tried spying on her to see if she did it without me near and she did! :) Do you have any idea if it has...

Bob (my female) has a habit of sort of doing this little front leg/shoulder pumping/bobbing action. She tends to do it when she's not that warm, or when she's just been put down somewhere (e.g. returned to her indoor enclosure). It's almost like she's pumping herself up! Her front legs stay sort...

What a great enclosure! Lucky torts :)

Thanks :) It's cork bark - she loves to hide under it and sometimes clamber over the top. Where ever she is if I put that down she's straight under it - bless :)

thanks :) I've managed to get some substrate in now - but totally ran out of soil/sand and aspen! oops! So I've used more of the old substrate than planned down one end but that is good in a way as it gives her some familiar smells while she settles in to the new set-up. So I've got enough...

Thought I'd post some photos of my temporary indoor enclosure for my female :) I'm in the process of building a much bigger one for her but I realised it was going to take me a lot longer than I thought so in the meantime I've upgraded her current, temporary one. I've increased the height...

Thanks very much :)

ah ok! I will certainly look into these then. My current set-up works ok I think but it is a bit of a pain to have so many bulbs, reflectors and holders so I like the idea of having a combined one. Thanks :)

Thanks - i didn't realise there were combined UV/heat bulbs available. Presumably though that means that if you were using it on a thermostat and the heat gets too high that the UV also switches off? Is that right?

Hi there I was just wondering what type/make of UV bulb people are using for their greeks? I'm using an Arcadia Compact D3 Reptile Lamp but I'm wondering whether that's really the best option. Any tips or advice most welcome:D thanks Nancy :)

When I took my male (wurtle) to the vet last week he noticed that his eye was slightly swollen and gave me some antibiotic eye drops for him. I've now finished the course and I think his eye looks ok but just wanted to check with you guys. When it was swollen to be honest it was barely...

Oh Hurrah! Thanks Danny and thanks Madkins007 for that useful guide. :cool:

wow - he's a beauty! :D

Well basically I'm in negotiations with my mother (I'm living with her temporarily). The room it's in at the moment can take 9 feet long by about 3 feet max which I thought was probably too small for the female. But I could move it to a different room. Clearly I want to make it as large as...

Hello I'm re-building and extending my tortoise table for my female T. graeca iberia and I know that I've come across a formula somewhere that gives the minimum size for an enclosure based on tortoise size but I can't seem to find it now. I just wondered if anyone knows what it is? or where I...

Thank you both :) He definitely doesn't seem fat so I'm sure you're right and it's just water and food :) - just good to know that's normal. thanks again :cool:

Hello (yet again!) I seem to be a one-woman question machine at the moment - sorry! :) The vet that looked at my male yesterday said that his weight gain may have been too fast since hibernation. I know to take what he says with a pinch of salt but I wanted to know whether you guys agreed...

Thanks! I have all the stuff ready now and this weekend I'm going to set up her new table. I'm going to do it bit by bit though. I don't want to stress her out with a totally new enclosure all at once so will start with the laying area and add a bit of aspen to the rest of the enclosure and then...

He he he Excellent - will keep the arkvits then! :) Thanks :cool:

Thank you! Vets are rather keen to give vitamin injections aren't they! Will certainly not do that again! I was in such a panic about him that I just agreed to what he suggested in terms of treatment. If it was an OD is there anything I can do? I know how toxic vitamin A can be so I just hope...