My male Herman "Bruce" has just regurgitated a load of food (I use the word food loosely).
I had them both out in the garden today since it was nice for a change, they were only out there for about 30 - 45 minutes though.
Anyway, I just happened to be having a look at them, thinking about...
My Herman tortoises(2) have eaten Common Ragwort, or at least one of them has.
About 2 leaves at the most.
Will it be fatal?
Is there anything that can be done or is too late and any damage will already be done?
I've read that death in some animals can happen months later.
Help please.
Some of you may have already seen our first tortoise "Bruce"
well its just about a year since we got him and yesterday...
we got him a friend, her name is Vadeh and she is lovely.
Bruce thinks so too as she had been with him only a few hours before he attempted to get a bit jiggy with...
Hi, how often and how do you wash your tortoise? to clean their shell do you use a sponge or soft brush etc?
and do you use any cleaning products etc?
cheers :)
Just some general thoughts on hibernation I've been thinking about lately
What would happen if you did not ever hibernate a tortoise that was ment to do so?
Why do they need to hibernate, is it to survive the coldest time of year?
If so, then a tortoise that is CB and is kept indoors with...
I'm gearing up to make a new home for Bruce, our hermann tortoise.
He'll be getting a much longer UV strip light than the one he has now but I'm also looking into giving him improved heat.
currently he has a red heat lamp but I am thinking of changing to one of these:
so that I can give...
I would have thought putting items like a towel or newspaper in a tortoise enclosure would be a no no.
thinking that said tortoise would try to eat these items but I've seen a fair few photos on this forum and other places on the net were a tortoise has a either newspaper layed down or a...
Hi from me and Bruce
Bruce is our hermann tortoise and we belive he's about 16 months old and he is our first tortoise and currently our only.
We hope to get him a friend in the near future when funds allow.
This is Bruce
Found this forum yesterday as we needed some advice on Bruce...
Hi,
Our Hermann tortoise "Bruce" has just recently started to take him self of to an area of his enclosure that is far away from the heat lamp?
I sometime leave him be and just keep an eye on him although from time to time I will pick him up and put him where its a bit warmer.
Sometimes...