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We bought this one for indoors and have a much bigger one outside, I'm also in the process of building an outside run/enclosure. We took her out into the garden yesterday (supervised) 'cause it was so warm, and she was off like a race horse! I was amazed at the ground she covered (but she's only...

She's not a tiny baby, but obviously very young. We weighed and measured her and she is three inches (shell length) and weighs 4oz. Is that young or very young, or do they vary???

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Esio Trot - The speed she travels I think we should have named her Esio Trotter! :)

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Thank you! I thought it might be one of the bad bulbs, we bought the 'package' because we were unsure of bulb types, I'll remove it straight away. I did some more reading and, since my last post, I've covered the mesh with perspex and she loves it! I guess she wasn't warm/humid enough, but she...

I'm now in search of polythene or perspex, to line and cover the table. I'll be back :-)

Hi We brought our baby tortoise 'Esio' home on Saturday. I am the 'responsible' adult (debatable) but my 10 year old daughter is the very proud tortoise guardian (for the next sixty years, hopefully). Esio is a Russian tortoise and about three inches long, and not a happy tortoise. We are first...