Recent content by The Maltese tortoise

Thanks for your messages. They are all healthy and seem to be doing very well. We purchased a new vivarium for them since the one we had was too small to accommodate 4 of them. They all have their own character and are all very active. They have also started eating lettuce and flowers as well...

I've got another 2 just like him, it's going to be difficult to distinguish between them :)

Thank you very much for your reply :) is there any way I can get them to eat, and should I just stick to lettuce for now ?

Here are some more pics

As you can all see, it is bent inwards. Is it due to hunger or is it genetic ? Should I be concerned ?

Hi All, I have just found 3 new baby Kleinmanns tortoise in my garden. One of them however seems to have the bottom part of its shell bent ( will post photos) . I was wondering whether I can do anything about it or whether it is a genetic mutation. Could anyone please help ?

Not always. In the Winter we keep them inside at night and when it rains since it would be too cold for them outside. In the summer all day outside then since our summers are quite hot and they seem to stay in that kind of temperature.we wash them almost on a daily basis in the summer to...

Congrats :)

Thanks for all your advice, I do believe that it is more a sort of dominance thing since she doesn't seem to act strange when there's the male around :)

here are my other three tortoises

This is the 1 month old baby

Yes it is true, unfortunately their numbers are dwindling , I do not have any pictures on hand but will post some as soon as possible.

Hi all, I am a proud owner of a family of four Testudo tortoises, a male, a female and their offspring, a female of 5 years old and as of the time of writing a 1 month old baby. I hope to participate in any forum discussions.

Hey all fellow Testudo owners, I am new to this forum. I have 4 tortoises. One female, one male , who had two offspring. The offspring are a female (approximately 5 years old) and until time of writing a baby of unconfirmed gender ( only a month old). The two females and male live in our garden...