Hi From Essex

[Tudor Rose]

Hi, my name is Angela and I own a year old female Horsfield tortoise ? named Poppy. I didn't set out to become a tortoise owner but my daughter lost her job to the current pandemic and I took her tortoise in for her. Totally love her and she's a member of the family now.

 

[Happytort27]

Welcome to the forum Angela and Poppy!

If you want to take a look, this is the new and updated care sheet that several members here use:

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...

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