I put my tortoises in the sink with warm water. Give the shell a scrub with a soft tooth brush. Take out and dry. Make up a mixture of 4 parts linseed oil and 1 part clove oil and brush it on. leave for 10-15 minutes, then buff up with dry cloth. The oil helps to keep the scutts in good...
Have you tried bathing him in a bath with mashed up carrot. Could be a vitamin deficiency. When mine were small I got baby carrot food. It works as a pick me up. Helps sore eyes. God bless Mags.
Anyone got any ideas.?. I live in the North west of England. I have made an enclosure outside for my five horse fields. They are on large double tortoise table in the living room usually. I want to put them outside in there pen, but the temperature is a bit changeable. Do I put a heat bulb in...
Welcome to the tortoise forum. What sort of tortoise have you? I have 5 Horsefields on a 7ft X 2ft 6" table with a bed enclosure either end. 4 red foots that are quickly growing out of a 5ft x 2ft vivarium with an enclosed ramp. that has sleeping accommodation underneath. I have an egg that...
My little horsefield Beano went like this. I bathed him for a few days with Baby pureed carrot in the water. It seemed to pick him up, and he is back to eating again, and associating with the other 4 horsefields.
Hi Looks like your tortoise could be a male. His skin looks very dry so might be itchy. His scutes look as though they are pyramiding. Have you tried soaking him in a warm bath for half an hour. Give his skin a rub gently with a towelling T.towell when you get him out. Check for mites. Hope this...
Hi I have 4 redfoots approx. 18 month old. I have had them in a 5ft 6in Vivarium for just over a year. how long can they be away from humidity if I take them out of the vivarium to play.
I am so relieved that she has come back to normal. In the books that I have read it says that they prefer a dry substrate, bathing 2or 3 times a week. More salad stuff and some fruit. I give mine a little bit of bell pepper and some cucumber. a small piece of banana off the end of one your...
Better off with hemp and coco shell bedding. Keep at 90 degrees 8o humidity. These prefer more fruit. roll hay up and tie. they will play and eat it. careful it is short so they don't get caught in it. Moistened dried complete cat food is good for them. cooked chicken, beef, lamb.
Hi I am new to joining so let me introduce my torts. I have 2 horsefield babies I year old, and another 3 horsefield about 8 years old. I am hopeing by growth that the 2 young ones are a male and female, the older ones are 2 females and I male. I also have 4 Redfoot tropical tortoises. By the...