Recent content by TortillaTortoise1

I'll have to get one of them, thanks!

Yeah, I'm using the sticks she has from her old enclosure. They are pretty flat but nice to climb over. She hasn't tipped over in nearly a year.

Thanks!

Perfect, thanks!

My Tortoise (Tortilla) has just turned 3 and has rapidly outgrown the first enclosure that we made for her. I've asked around on the forum and apparently, she is already quite large for her age. The plan: I have chosen a space for her enclosure (About 3 ½ feet by 7 ½ feet.) Her substrate will...

Are you saying that just Orchid Bark on its own would work with no other added substrate?

Read what? I don't see anything linked.

Would also like to add to my previous reply that I am building a new enclosure for her in a few day's time. Looking at a layered enclosure so any recommendations for that would be appreciated.

I feed her a range of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and sometimes some cut-up strawberry. If there are dandelions from the garden, I'll add a few of those too. This is her enclosure. (old pic). the only changes are a nicer food bowl, a bigger stick hide, and there is a dark enclosed area on the...

I have a 3-year-old Hermann's tortoise, she is about 14cm and approximately 480g. I put these measurements into a Jackson Ratio Calculator and it said she was "light for hibernation" but she's never hibernated / not hibernating any time soon. I feed her just fresh food in the morning when her...

Thanks for the info :) :)

I have been reading around about getting tortoises micro-chipped and I have seen mixed answers. Can anyone help with an answer for this question. What are the pros and cons about getting a tort chipped and how to go about it??

Good idea.

My baby 4 month old tortoise loves me brushing her shell with a new toothbrush. it gets all the mud and dirt out of the small cracks on her shell.

I found out with my tortoise that having a slate under the light makes the slate a bit hotter so watch out for that. Great enclosure. :)