I got him from ATC a very good breeder. I will post pictures tomorrow. I feed him everything that is available in the backyard - dandelion, hibiscus, different greens, some dry tortoise food. Adding calcium supplements. Also, he gets soaked almost on daily basis.
Please help! My little Hermann's tortoise baby was doing well for months (got him on May 1, 2020). This week he's been sleeping a lot, doesn't want to wake up and eat/drink/soak. Today I forced him to be soaked and go to his outside enclosure to get some natural UV rays. Later I noticed that his...
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My hermann tortoise loves the outdoors. He likes to hang out in his outside enclosure that I built for him with a secure chicken wire top. I was happy with the enclosure until this heat wave that has been in North Texas for the second week in a row with temps in the upper 90s and even...
I agree! Chris is awesome! I got mine at Arizona Tortoise Compound, but I have used Chris from Garden State Tortoise as my main source how to raise my baby Hermann's tortoise.
I have watched many of his videos and read his websites.
When I got mine last week, he had last 4. It seems they are getting sold out all over the place. Also, try Chris Leone at Garden State Tortoise From NJ.
TortoiseSupply is also good place! I watched a lot of YouTube videos from that guy. I checked and a whole bunch of his tortoises are out of stock. If you don't want to wait, Arizona Tortoise Compound seems to have more in stock. Good luck!
At what age can he be transferred outside? The humidity in North Texas is not that low, so I'd think they would thrive once allowed to the outside enclosure.
Thank you!
Thank you for the advise. I was coming from Hermanni Haven where he talks about outside being the most beneficial for tortoises.
I will try to keep him inside as much as possible then. He just seems to enjoy the grass, nibbling on clover. I was also misting the outside enclosure to raise the...
Is it safe to keep the baby in an outside enclosure in a shaded area in North Texas with 92F? We built a wooden enclosure with top covered with chicken wire. We cover a half with a towel and it has moist moss in there with shallow water dish and some hiding log. I saw you mentioned to keep him...
I used coconut fiber substrate for my baby Hermann’s Tortoise ? but it seems super fine and it looks like it may get in his eyes! I sprayed the substrate with water to increase the humidity and it seems sticky and makes the baby all dirty. It’s only on one side of the enclosure, the other half...
I spoke with Andrew from ATC over the phone and via email and he was very helpful! Also, read almost everything on the Herminni Haven site - very informative. We have the enclosure all set up, also ordered outside Tortoise pen.
Thank your for your message and all the links provided!
I’m new to this Forum and I’m from Dallas, TX. I’ll be getting my baby Hermann’s Tortoise ? on Friday! I’m looking forward getting beneficial information from this reliable source!