Hi all,
Thanks again for your kind welcome. I have given Gréco a (soft) toothbrush scrub. The damage to his plastron worries me. It definitely broken. No idea how old this injury is, whether it causes him pain and if it should be seen by a medical professional. Normally I take my pets to the...
Of course we are careful with the dogs... we wouldn't want any of the animals to be injured. There's also a cat in the picture, but he seldom ventures outside. One of the dogs is a 12 year old rescue from a puppy mill. Poor thing spent her life in a cage churning out pups. She's happier now, but...
Hi all. Thanks for the warm welcomes and helpful tips. We definitely don't use any pesticides or fertilisers in the garden. Both dogs like to graze on grass so we have been a spray free household from the start. Also, poop is always cleaned up as soon as it's deposited. We all like to hang out...
Thanks for your reply JoesMum.
We are based in Switzerland.
He has free access to water, but the only ones that seem to be using it are the birds. So, I've been giving him a soak once a day. I will up it to twice based on your advice. He does seem to enjoy it as he hangs out for about 15...
The house I recently moved to used to belong to an old lady with a 60 year old Hermanns tortoise. A while ago the lady passed away and the house was renovated into three apartments. I rented one and in my lease was a clause that a tortoise resides in the garden during summer (and hibernates over...