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I am from the UK and it's quite cold here but that does sound like a good idea as weeds are hard to come by this time of year. Have to give it a try! Thanks.

We are soaking him every other day and I managed to get humidity levels to 55% in the past week however I have just ordered coco coir and will be changing it to coir and orchid bark In the coming days. I bought the substrate as it said on the packet that it was specifically for Russians so me...

Thanks for having me Cheryl! Just here to make sure im doing right by Sprout. He has gained 5g in 2 weeks since having him but the conditions we keep him in seem to be correct and we feed him once a day proportionate to the size of his shell... i know it should be 2-4g a month. Any suggestions??

Hey everyone my name is Chris and me and my girlfriend have recently become owners of a 12month old horsefield tortoise called Sprout. We have a post with concerns on the Russian forum so if you'd like to weigh in feel free.

Here is the heat map of the table. Hope this helps. The table is 1100mm x 600mm as we are in a limited space flat at the moment. But we are moving to a house soon where he will have a permanent outdoor enclosure. I plan on that being 2m x 2m.

Makes sense so maybe I could make his house smaller and open up more room in his enclosure to move about?

Thanks for your reply Tom. Yeah well it was kind of a decision based on the fact I was going to get absolutely nothing back for the ones that died, so I took a chance knowing the risks. The table was completely disinfected over a period of 2 weeks and I am confident that he wouldn't catch it...

Thanks Yvonne, I just wanted someone to tell me what we are doing is right I worry about him because of our previous experience :(

Hi basically to cut the story short I made a tortoise table for my girlfriend for Christmas but the original tortoises I bought turned out to be suffering with herpes and they had it before i purchased them. I had no idea what to look for so I never knew. after taking them to a specialist and...