Recent content by Kiaweeze

After much consideration and all your advice I have decided to keep him awake this year until I am fully confident that I am doing things correctly, after all, I love having him about and I just thought that hibernation was something that I should do! I think I will need to start planting some...

Thank you so much for all your helpful advice, just one last question......until I sort out a suitable tortoise table I will be using the vivarium which has a uv tube and heat lamp with thermostat, if I leave the light and heat on during the day and turn them both off at night, the...

Hi Yvonne, its Michelle! Thanks for your reply, my Tortoise 'Turbo' has been kept in the garden during the warmer months and during colder periods I have moved him to the vivarium that I inherited with him. The problem is; I understand that the vivarium is not the best place to keep a tortoise...

I am getting my tortoise ready for hibernation and have some worries before I do, hopefully someone will be able to help with a few questions I have? What temperature should I be keeping my tortoise at whist starving him for hibernation? and should he be moving about burning up fat that he...

Hi, thanks Jaccqui He is a Hermann breed, unfortunately he has some pyramiding misshaping to his shell due to diet before I got him, I am feeding him a selection of weeds etc which i understand is a healthier diet?

Would just like to introduce my self and my new Tortoise 'Turbo', I have never owned a Tortoise before and he was given to me by a friend who could not look after him any more. He is 6 years old and is a real character and has quickly become part of the family!! I want to look after him the best...