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    HELLO EVERYONE

    Welcome! She'll is beautiful
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    Sexing my hermann?

    can anyone help me find out the sex of my 3 year old Hermann? I have took some pictures but wasn't really sure what I needed a picture of. I read that hermann a are easier to sex. Any help would be good as I have no idea
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    Cleo passed away this morning :(

    Sorry for your loss
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    I have redone my tortoise enclosure....

    Defo Gona look at this! I love the little guy and want to do my best with him lol I call him a guy but at 3 can I tell if its a boy of girl?
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    Found a bug in my enclosure

    Even in an indoor enclosuer ?
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    I have redone my tortoise enclosure....

    He did sit at the glass for a while but I have a fence that I stand near it, (from the hamster section of pets at home), and that has stopped him
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    Found a bug in my enclosure

    Just a tiny bug, looked really tiny like the size of a small ant or even smaller
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    Hello from sunny Scotland!!!☔️❄️⛄️☔️

    Welcome from the not so sunny Sunderland!
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    I have redone my tortoise enclosure....

    Brilliant, yeh that's my uv bulb. Iv had it about 4 months so I'm going to get him a new one tomorrow, I think I'll get a slightly longer one and I'll lower it. I was worried about putting him on a table as I live in England and it gets cold here. I was told that they are bad for ventilation...
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    Found a bug in my enclosure

    I put a piece of slate in my indoor enclosure after putting coir as the substrate and he walked straight over and stared to bite it. I noticed a tiny little bug on the slate which I picked up from a pet store. Do I need to take all the substrate out now I have put that in (it is new). I'm...
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    I have redone my tortoise enclosure....

    After I noticed this I took it straight out and soaked it in boiling water and washed it with my viv cleaner
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    I have redone my tortoise enclosure....

    I have took everyone's advise and I put a piece of slate and he walked straight over and stared to bite it. I noticed a tiny little bug on the slate which I picked up from a pet store. Do I need to take all the substrate out now I have put that in. I'm devastated that all my hard work may have...
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    I have redone my tortoise enclosure....

    What temps would you recommend? Iv been told a few different ones. I think I will do that with the log, although he enjoys sliding down it and climbing up and down it I do think that would put my mind at ease
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    I have redone my tortoise enclosure....

    I can't have fake plants as he tries to eat them! An I'm Not really sure what live plants I can have in the enclosure. I dampened down the substrate shortly after I took the photo. His little friend my fiances uncle carved for me, he enjoys burying him! Would it be better to have the water...
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    Thinking about getting a turtle,

    In doors idealy as I live in the uk so it's pretty cold here! I'm ideally looking for something small to replace a fish tank that we had.
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