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    sneezing- normal or not?

    me too :D she is really great- the vet I mean. I was not sleeping so good lately, listening to sneezing all night... but this could be good advice for anybody, cause except sneezing she was great... really active, eating... like I said ALMOST normal... and usually sneezing is connected to some...
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    sneezing- normal or not?

    So for anybody who want to know what happened next... so my little one was sneezing more and more... eating and all was almost normal. When my vet listened to her she heard her breathing hard and she was on antibiotics for 8 days and we sent her leftovers on analysis. They turned out normal...
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    moss peat as substrate

    I will get over myself. I took all your comments in and I will do my best. Thank you
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    moss peat as substrate

    I read all the treads again and I realized you treat all the tortoises the same about like what bothers one has to bother the other. I did some research and native range of Testudo hermanni and geobotanical range of Pines overlap and there for it is normal/natural for testudo tortoises to...
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    moss peat as substrate

    Thanks everybody again... but for some time I will stay with this... if somebody wants to know why read more :/ I am a biologist and I know what is in news papers. I wouldn't let any animal or live being sleep or live in that. I am not a newbie. The fact I don't have many posts doesn't mean I...
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    moss peat as substrate

    Guys, what should I change it to? Come on, I did my research, talked to the vet who is actually specialized in reptiles... This is the best choice I have. Soil is frozen outside so I can't go and dig some out :( I will keep and eye on them, but this is the best option I have. It says it is safe...
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    moss peat as substrate

    Ok thanks, but this bark is especially for reptiles and by that I mean tortoises. For now they don't seem to mind. And on the bag it sais pine bark :P
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    do hermanns need to hibernate?

    In my case I live in a flat and I have to keep them indoors. I have to admit they have a quite large place 1x1m and since they are small they like it. I say they like it cause they don't act like it is too little space (when you put them in something small they try to get out). They are quite...
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    moss peat as substrate

    hi as you could see on pics this is pine bark I have now and they seem to like it. They can't eat it so that part is covered :) and no moss peat. It is clumsy cause when wet it get all over food and water so... Hiding places.. those are baskets that are used for walls, like flat one one side...
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    do hermanns need to hibernate?

    Well I am not sure if the story about stimulating reproduction is wrong cause my experience with zoo veterinarian told me it is necessary for healthy youngsters at least. So probably reproduction will be possible without hibernation but at what cost. Also I have been told (by the same vet) that...
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    moss peat as substrate

    hi Sorry for being bit late... here are the photos, this is my bigger one :) Kreso... he is two and a half :) for me it seems they really like it like this. As you can see you can't notice the heating cause it is under the bark. So what do you think? :)
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    moss peat as substrate

    I will post it tomorrow. It is a heating wire on the floor covered with alu foliage (sorry for bad english) and over it is that tree bark. It is specialized for tortoises and I checked all over if it is suited for small Hermanni. The vet gave her blessing :) Temperature sounds ok? how warm they...
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    moss peat as substrate

    Thank you... well it seems there are milion sizes to moss peat... and I had the smallest one :( I went to pet shop and bought tree bark for reptiles... big enough so they can't eat it... it is a bit strange with heating cause I have heating of the floor and it is not so good in conducting heat...
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    moss peat as substrate

    Hi my vet told me if I want to change substrate I should use sterilized moss peat. Well I did and now it seems they really like it. the only thing is they have it all over... If I want to keep it moist it is sticky and getting into everything. Does anybody have experience with this kind of...
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    sneezing- normal or not?

    Hi everybody! I have a new hermanni, next to kreso and well she is great. except sneezing. that is really driving me crazy. in the morning and evening almost everyday she is sneezing. and a sound is also like from her nose. I talked to my vet and she told me it might be lack of vitC and I am...
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