This is Tilly and I'm not sure if I have pyramiding problem here she does seem to be growing pretty fast compared to William ( ps I think they are male and female )
I had the same problem with my horsfeild tortoises and bought some aquarium backing paper which I put around the inside walls of my table top and it has worked really well the paper is too slippery for them to attempt climbing on and it looks great, hope this helps
My tortoises kept going on their backs I bought some fish tank backing paper and put it around the inside of their table it's so smooth and slippy they can't even think about climbing and it looks great too
Hi Charlie,I am new to tortoises I have 2 horsefield torts Tilly and Wallace I have them indoors at moment and plan on building an outdoor enclosure when the weather warms up I live in South Wales. Prepare to spend hours just watching them! Indoor tables are expensive to buy I made my own (take...
Have spent the morning watching Wallace and Tilly, fed them both seperately, both ate well, salad leaves, carrot and mushroom. Both had a bath no sign of disharmony between them, I continue to worry about bullying toward Wallace as he is smaller and sleeps more and if I need to seperately them...
Temp at night is 65/70 so I'm guessing no need for heat lamp at night. I have day off today so will keep an eye and see if any sign of Wallace being bullied, they do go up to each other almost like dogs having a sniff at each other! Tilly walks around Wallace if he under basking light
Thanks terry have now separated them, place I got them have said male/female would hate to think of Wallace being bullied, provider suggested he was getting ready to hibernate and that it was too cool at night for him, I left red lamp on over night Sunday and Wallace appeared brighter yesterday...
Sorry it's 2 tortoises and they are three years old, table is 4x4 with lots of separate hides and separate areas, temp under lamp is 90/95 and cool ends are about 60/65, they are horsefields, don't seem to be able to upload photos yet but will as soon as I can, have been feeding them on various...
I have just got two 3 year old tortoises william wallace and tilly trotter and at the moment have them in an indoor table, I have been advised to leave a red night spotlight on all night as the temp is dropping quite a bit. Any advice greatly appriciated, Tilly is lively during the day but...