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    My mulberries

    All mulberry species seem to be great tort food, so I'm into them. Torts get the leaves and I get the berries :) I have a few of them . . 2x mulberry wellington. . Mulberry bombycis kagayami. . Morus nigra - black mulberry king James...
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    Morus nigra vs morus alba

    Well I picked some leaves and cuttings from some mulberries here in Portugal to feed my tortoises back in the uk and try to grow some from the cuttings if possible. One I'm sure it's a morus alba the other pretty sure it's a morus nigra. The morus nigra is in my family for generations, no one...
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    Opuntia cuttings

    My holidays in the Algarve are almost ending so I will take some cuttings of the local flora to my greenhouse in the uk :) already have some hibiscus cuttings to try and root and now I'm getting some wild opuntia cuttings :)
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    Hibiscus

    I've recently introduced several species of mulberries and hibiscus to my tortoises diets (Egyptian and Corse Hermanns). I live in England and the hibiscus syriacus are quite hardy, but I also have plenty of tropical hibiscus that I'll have to bring insisde in the winter. Now I'm on holidays in...
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    my new bunkbed, 4 storey

    Hi, decided to go vertical on my indoor accomodations. here it is a 4 storey bunk bed. I'm still finishing it, last one still to set. from the floor up . 1 - adults T.H.B, took 50kg top soil, this one has a door which will allow me to set a bit more space on the garage floor for the...
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    meet my new rescue +75 y old THB :)

    Hi people, meet my new rescue. He is a lovely +75 year old male T.H.B. After a short period of quarantine he will be meeting my last year rescued female T.H.B (the poor girl is pyramided due to poor husbandry previously, but as a lovely personality and no other health problems)
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    is this an opuntia?

    Hello. Can someone please confirm if this is an opuntia? and if so, what type/subspecies of opuntia looks like. it sure looks like a type of opuntia.
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    new to egyptian tortoises, is it healthy and subspecies/location please?

    Greetings everybody, I've been a keeper for horsfields and hermanns tortoises and recently I've been introduced to the wonderful egyptian tortoise. here's a 17 y old male testudo kleinnmani. Could please some of the experts around advise if he looks healthy and if you can pinpoint a bit his...
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