oh ok, so they can't survive even 20C? also 27c is 80F, that's a lot! do you know any tortoise that brumates or can withstand 10C by any chance? (apart from hermann's)
Hi all! Ok, i wanted to try something new, instead of hermann's tortoises i wanted to try redfoot torts, so i wanted to know: Can i keep them outside during the winter if I live in a zone 9? temps never go down -2 celsius. As I understood until now, they're omnivores, so am I supposed to give...
Thank you guys so much for the help!!! I'll keep everything in mind, also, the care sheets you guys sent me are amazing and very helpful! again, thank you guys so so so much
It's going to be a hermann's tortoise, but I live in Bari and hermann's tortoises are native to italian coasts, so they are also found in the wild here, therefore, i don't think temperatures or humidity will be a problem, please correct me if I'm wrong
Hey y'all! So as you might know, my tortoise, Aphrodite recently passed away, BUT my mom's retired friend offered me a hermann's tort from his tortoise farm, I obviously accepted and I have a question... I would like to keep him/her in my peach container, since it also has violets and spider...
Thanks for your reply, made me feel better, since then I've been continuing my life as per usual and I've been doing much much more reserch on hermann's so that i know where and how i screwed up. I've returned to basically a normal mindset and one of my mom's retired friends, offered me a tort...
Hey all... if you don't like sad stories, please feel free to click away, because I'll be telling a sad story that happened to me a couple of days ago... It was May 23rd and i passed it as a normal day, online school and lunch, before lunch i went on my balcony knowing it was world turtle day...
Hello all! So I wanted to get some tillandsia's for my hermann's tortoises, specifically Tillandsia usneoides, is it safe for my tortoise? I also would like to get them some succulents like a string of pearls succulent or aloe vera for their enclosure, what do you guys think? What other plant do...
No but the top of her face looked wrinkly, like it wasn't wrinkly but there was this thing that wasn't a cut, but it was like, how can I put this... One of those wrinckles that forms on your fingers
I hope this is a plus, but my tortoise hasn't pooped in a while, so I saw all the fecies in the water bowl with her, and for that I'm scared, is there anything that can happen to her? I'm having all the worst case scenarios going through my head
Hey everyone i am such a bad owner, I've bathed my tortoises and forgot her for 5 HOURS in her water bowl... I need help! Will she die? She's alive right now and I'm scared, my homework distracted me and I know I should've never been distracted, please help me!!!