Hi
I have just taken on two young Hermanns (born July 09) as their 10 year old owner and family are living abroad for a year or two and did not want to give them away.
I have spoken to my local vet and described their living conditions and diet and they think that young Matthew did a grand job.
They are currently in a large indoor pen with a light which is currently on for 12 hours a day. They are eating lettuce, dandilions, grass with occasional slices of tomato and courgette. We intend building a secure outdoor pen and will start to put them outdoors as the weather warms up. We have lime flour to sprinkle on food and vitamin drops for their water, cuttlefish bones for them to chomp on and they have a bath a couple of times a week.
They have been with us for a fortnight and I have become very fond of them already and can see that they are real characters. I am sure as time goes on I will become less anxious but it is a real responsibility looking after a child's pets! I have found the smaller tortoise on his back under the light twice now which I understand can be lethal. I have put stones round and about and uprighted him/her each time whereupon it has wandered over to chomp on some tasty morsel, I assume this means no harm as been done but I am worried in case this should happen when I am out - any advice welcomed
I have just taken on two young Hermanns (born July 09) as their 10 year old owner and family are living abroad for a year or two and did not want to give them away.
I have spoken to my local vet and described their living conditions and diet and they think that young Matthew did a grand job.
They are currently in a large indoor pen with a light which is currently on for 12 hours a day. They are eating lettuce, dandilions, grass with occasional slices of tomato and courgette. We intend building a secure outdoor pen and will start to put them outdoors as the weather warms up. We have lime flour to sprinkle on food and vitamin drops for their water, cuttlefish bones for them to chomp on and they have a bath a couple of times a week.
They have been with us for a fortnight and I have become very fond of them already and can see that they are real characters. I am sure as time goes on I will become less anxious but it is a real responsibility looking after a child's pets! I have found the smaller tortoise on his back under the light twice now which I understand can be lethal. I have put stones round and about and uprighted him/her each time whereupon it has wandered over to chomp on some tasty morsel, I assume this means no harm as been done but I am worried in case this should happen when I am out - any advice welcomed