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Thanks everyone! I will relay the advice to his owner :)

Hi everyone :) I am a pet sitter from Kent and I have been doing pop-ins on this tortoise for a couple of weeks now. The owner told me he is a rescue and they’re not sure what his breed is. I was hoping someone here may have some ideas so that we might better care for him. He doesn’t really...

Thank you for the link. I have read through carefully and will make some changes to the substrate. And thank you for the recommendation, I will do some research :)

Thank you for your replies everyone. Groot is a one-year-old baby Hermann's. Sorry, it's not the best picture of the enclosure but it's one of those standard wooden tortoise tables like this: http://www.reptilecentre.com/images/reptile/tortoise-table-stand-v1.jpg He (or she) has got his lamp...

My flat gets really cold at night. Groot has a heat mat behind a glass panel in his built-in hide but it emits very little heat (the seller assured me this was correct because at first I thought it was broken). I also use a plug-in oil radiator beside his table overnight but I am constantly...