Thank you, I’ve not given him a warm bath yet, I will be doing that when I get home from work. He has his heat lamp so is warming up. I’m from the UK, we had a few frosts but he was well buried and protected. I will pick up some carrot baby food today and also strawberries as he does like them...
Hi people, My marginated tortoise just came out of hibernation yesterday afternoon. He self hibernated in my garden which he has done in numerous years. He stayed in hibernation a little longer than usual and longer than I would have liked. It took a while for me to find him and bring him back...
Hi guys,
I've just taken my two marginated males out of hibernation. They are both alert and have both eaten. They don't seem to have had a drink yet though. I've given them both a warm soak but they don't seem interested in drinking. How long on average after coming out of hibernation should...
Yep the same fridge that the milk for my tea goes in! Though I may have to get an old fridge just for the torts as the wife isn't so keen! The fridge is on and I keep a fridge thermometer in there to keep an eye on temp. The temp is stable at 5deg no matter what weather outside is. If I get an...
I have two marginated tortoises that have spent the uk summer in my garden. When I hibernate them they will be kept in a shoe box each with shredded paper and holes in. Each shoe box will be placed in another cardboard box with shredded paper or polystyrene packing . I then keep the boxes in the...
Hi guys, I'm from the uk and have two marginated torts that I plan to hibernate this year. Was wondering if there is anyone else out there planning on hibernating their torts this winter?
I'm letting mine start to wind down for the winter before hibernation too.ive two marginated torts. I'm in Essex and mine have spent the summer in the garden. They shouldn't eat for between 4-6 weeks before hibernation to make sure their gut is empty of food. Continue allowing them to drink...
Hi all, my marginated George has managed to pull off a couple of his scales on his front legs whilst attempting to escape from his outdoor enclosure. It looks like he has fresh scales underneath. In the same way that we have fresh skin under a scab. I was wondering if this could become infected...
Thanks, I will have a look on tortoise table. It looks a really informative site. I popped some garden mint in their enclosure this morning. I will see if they have demolished or ignored it when I get back in!
Hi everyone. Was wondering if anyone knew if tortoises can eat herbs? I've two marginated torts and I have lots of mint and basil etc in my garden. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks people
I don't know if any of you guys are able to help at all. I looked up hibiscus as I would like to grow some for my marginated. There seem to be hundreds of species grown in different climates. Are there any particular ones that will grow in the uk? And are there any that are particularly good for...
Thanks joesmum. The heat lamp is indoors at the moment, I need to set them one up in their outdoor enclosure asap. My two are quite a bit smaller than joe. I can't have them roaming the garden freely yet as they will escape. How old is joe?
Yep first night ever! Until recently I had them indoors on a tortoise table but they had started to out grow it. I've just moved to a property with a garden so built them an outdoors pen. They are still tucked up in their cold frame as its rather overcast this morning. Good ol predictable...
My little guys are spending their first night outdoors tonight. They are snug in their cold frame. Has been the first night here in uk that has been mild enough. Will be out there first thing to check on them!