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Thank you I shall give it a go she will be moving into a much larger (6 times the size) outdoor enclosure hopefully next as long as the supplies turn up to complete the project so fingers crossed that will help

Thank you, she doesn’t really have access to any rough surfaces only the walls in in the tortoise table which are smooth but I shall get her out more and allow her to wonder round the house rather than in the smaller space I’m also looking at building and providing her with a larger enclosure.

Yes we are we are using a 100w mega ray bulb with combined heat and UVA and UVB

She is in a tortoise table indoors we are putting food in each day as normal but she is only eating once every 4 days when I did her up to bath her she'll eat a small amount after her bath then the following day buries herself until her next bath and hasn't come up on her own for food or light...

Hi everyone, I have a female hermann tortoise she is 5 years 5months old she has never been hibernated before but we think that this year she has slowed down a lot and isn't coming out of her hide unless I get her out to bath her so we think she is readying herself for hibernation. I have read a...

Hi johnsonnboswell. The bulb is only about 10 weeks old. Thank you for the info tbh friend.

I have been following the Jackson ratio for weight and as she wasn't in the ideal weight section took advice not to hibernate her. I will try repositioning nearer to a window although the room she is in is very bright during the early part of the day this picture does make it look a lot darker...

This is her enclosure terrible picture i

Hi thank you for your reply. no other heat source but I have checked the temp and it's at 30c under the lamp slightly cooler at the other end of her enclosure, I don't think it cold that's making her do it as she has always been slightly backwards and seems to be far more active in slightly...

Hi, I'm after some advice please my 5 year old female hermann has always buried herself from time to time but has all of a sudden started to bury herself all the time I get her out every 2-3 days for a bath and once I have dug her up and bathed her she'll quite happily wonder around the house...

I'm very pleased after reading this that I didn't go with the breeders recommendation I love my tortoise but I wouldn't want to have two complete seperate set ups, I'm glad your tortoises are happy and healthy and enjoying their seperate living spaces. I'll attach images of lettuce ( that's...

Thank you for the information Tom, the breeder we bought her from 4 1/2 years ago tried to encourage me to buy a pair but at the time I didn't feel confident enough in my ability to care for the tortoise to take on two and also it wasn't in my budget at the time but now after having very much...

Hi, I'm looking for some advice please I have a five year old female hermann tortoise and we were considering getting a second tortoise as a companion for her could anyone give me any advice on this subject please ie should they be the same sex, same age, same size (roughly) so that one isn't...