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Yeah, and then there are some other factors that come from the pet supply trade: 1. Some sand sold for reptiles is clumping, meaning...

There are a couple of really useful apps:- Tortoise table PlantNet Plantnet will tell you what a plant is by taking a picture. You can...

AFAIK the sand thing is about the fact that we are giving leaves etc which are lying on the soil/sand. In nature the tortoise would be...

I think it depends on the Tortoise. My friend's tortoise lives out in the garden all year round and usually brumates herself for close...

As we already have ponds in the garden and the enclosure is right next to one, I thought it would be nice to take water from my pond...

Looking at your pictures, you already have internal posts that a frame could rest on. You just need to take off the depth of the wooden...

It was a bog standard one from Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004NCY5LG/?tag= It actually works pretty well. I screwed the...

Your second thing to consider is that that enclosure is only going to last a couple of years more at best. Then you will need more room...

Similarly - you'll find recommendations for chickenwire, but again, it might be for different areas. Where I am, chickenwire is fine. We...

It's going to depend where you are in the world I think. For example, soil and grass in the UK isn't going to be a problem as the soil...

That's effectively what the cold frame is. The current pen has a chickenwire lid. My challenge is to work out a way to build a removable...

The cover is to stop foxes and cats really. We get a lot of fox visitors. Theres quite a few local cats also that might have a go at a...

HI all, I have just finished spring cleaning my tortoise enclosure as Coco and Esio have finished brumating. (Coco and Esio went off...

Well, despite fortellings of doom and gloom, both Esio and Coco have reappeared of their own accord. The smaller of the two brumated...

They are just reaching 4 years old I think. Yes, happy to post some pictures when they decide to emerge. In the meantime, here are a...