Maybe in the holidays you could do several weeks work experience at a bigger zoo to get some experience and to get your foot in the door so to speak :-)
I volunteered at my local zoo for 3 years while while studying for my degree in Animal behaviour and Welfare. When I had finished my degree I sent my CV off to zoo's all over the UK. What animals are you hoping to work with?
So what wattage heat bulb do you recommend I purchase if my current one is not strong enough? I do have a UV light in their indoor enclosure, and as the weather gets warmer they will be spending more and more time outside in their purpose built tortoise garden.
Also what is the ideal diet for them?
The temperatre under the basking light is 85 degrees and the ambient temperature is the ambient is around 65. Tommy has not been harassing Tilly since last summer, when I seperated them. She was offered some mixed greens sprinkled with cuttlefish bone when she came out of hibernation, and is...
Hi all, looking for some advice on my 9 year old female hermanns, Tilly.
I hibernated her this year, but she woke up after just a month, so I gave her a warm bath and put her back into her tortoise table with my male tortoise Tommy who is 7 (he could not hibernate this year as he has had...
My tortoise Tommy has been in the vets all this week with the same problem, i'm going to pick him up tomorrow! He has an infection in his back joints. You need to get her to the vets asap! Good luck with her!
Hiya Purpod, hemp is like little shards of wood. I will keep checking to see if anyone can offer some advice. I think I will end up changing the bedding as I am worried about Tilly.
What is everyones opinion on hemp bedding?
I currently keep mine on half hemp and half sand/compost mix, but I recently read an article on hemp by the tortoise trust saying how dangerous it is to tortoises. I'm now a little worried as I have seen one of my tortoises eating the hemp several...
I was just wondering if people had any idea if my hermanns torts were the correct weight for their ages. My male Tommy is 6 and weighs 520g and my female Tilly is 10 and weighs 720g. Do you need measurments too to be able to tell?