Recent content by Merner

Fantastic, thank you Tom for the info and fast reply. I can't wait to get it all set up and move her in. I will get a lamp fitted and yes I was looking at substrate on the forum the other day and was going to go with orchid bark but if coco coir is better for babies i'll order some of that, i'm...

I just bought a large new vivarium for my little hermann's, she is only a little over 1 year old and about 4 inches. The vivarium is 5 feet long and 2 feet high and wide. The vivarium was 2nd hand, I found it online from someone who kept a Boa constrictor. It has a UV strip already fitted and it...

Hi, I have a couple of questions about tortoise behaviour in the wild, particularly Hermann's but I suspect it wouldn't differ too much. I haven't been able to find much at all by googling it. Do parents stay with and look after their young? If so, how long? How do baby tortoises survive in...

Hi, I'm new here and joined to educate myself in the best way to look after my baby (1 year old, does that count as baby still?) Hermann's tortoise. Don't know if she is male or female, the vet suspected female but we have named her Daisy anyway. My girlfriend's parents have kept tortoises for...