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  1. Von

    Why didn't anyone warn me..

    Tee hee. Exactly like me with my first tortoise and when I saw her burying herself I dug her out for fear of suffocation.
  2. Von

    New plants today

  3. Von

    Hermanns doesn't eat

  4. Von

    Hermanns doesn't eat

    Just an update for those that offered opinions and advice. Yoda is eating well now, his favourites being chickened, plantain , dandelion and kale. Everything seems to be just as it should without me having to change anything. Thank you all
  5. Von

    Hermanns doesn't eat

    It was simply that i hadn't seen him eat until today. He races round his table, climbs anything that is climb"able" he drinks and bathes is inquisitive about anything put in his home etc. Now i have seen him a little I am happy. Thanks for your help
  6. Von

    Hermanns doesn't eat

    This morning I have been observing Yoda from a distance and he is in fact eating, not much more than a nibble at a time but he is eating which I felt he must be to have the energy he has but, new mum and all that. Thank you all for responding to my cry for help,
  7. Von

    Hermanns doesn't eat

    The lowest temperature I gave is in sleep area when there is no heat and he is dug in for the night which is what the breeder said to do, my house temperature is never lower than 17. the table is below size 80x40x20cms. Substrate is a mix of topsoil and coco fibre. Food is put on a slate to...
  8. Von

    Hermanns doesn't eat

    I have an infra red laser light to check temperatures
  9. Von

    Hello

    I definately give him a daily soak, can't put any pics up at the moment, will do as soon as I can again
  10. Von

    Hermanns doesn't eat

    Highest temperature under UV lamp is 35, other areas including sleeping/Night time area range from 17 to 25. I have likened the set up and temperatures to the breeders with his advice so maybe I will give him a few days before panicking, as i said he has plenty of energy. He hasnt had sunbathing...
  11. Von

    Hermanns doesn't eat

    He isn't eating anything that i see, if he is eating anything when im not looking it is very tiny
  12. Von

    Hermanns doesn't eat

    I have a new Hermann's and in the first couple of I saw him take a coupl of mouthfuls of food but since then he doesnt eat, today is his 5th day with me. He is 12 weeks old and i offer the food that the breeder was feeding him (plantain, sowthistle, dead nettle and chickweed but no interest. I...
  13. Von

    Hello

    Hi all, I have just become a tortoise owner for the second time. My first was a spur thighed called Tilly a few years ago, when she was 5 or 6 she was stolen from her garden enclosure, I was devastated and now 5 or 6 years later I feel brave enough to have another, this time I have a Hermann...
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