Thanks for all your replies.
We took 'the thing' to someone who lives close to us (happens to be a vet with a fair knowledge about reptiles). He says he's never seen it before, but doesn't think it has come from the tortoise. He says it doesn't look like any part of the torotise anatomy and is...
What is this I've found in the enclosure?
Last Sunday, my Russian Tortoise laid a fully formed (fertile, i assume) egg which we are now incubating for her. Half hour ago, I found this white, jelly-like discharge lying in the soil. It's quite sticky and I'm starting to think it's an egg that...
Thankyou for your responses, very much appreciated!
Since last night when I bathed my tortoises, in a fortuitous turn of events the pen has been pretty free from ants! Once I initially removed the food they all scurried off on their trail up behind the umbrella and they don't seem to have...
Thankyou for the responses, my name is Ryan!
I have an umbrella up above my basking light to make sure no rain water interferres with the heat emitter - the trail seemed to lead behind this umbrella somewhere. Tomorrow night I'll take it down and find out where exactly it is that they are...
Hello everyone,
I recently rehoused my two russian tortoises as I wanted to give them more space than the viviariums they were living in could offer. I made use of a fairly large floor space in my cellar - filling it with sand/soil etc. The tortoises are loving it, it's perfect for them...