This is a nice thread. I think I will post my recent rescue story. Mr. Tortoise (he hasn't got a permanent name yet) was offered to my colleague at work by the RSPCA, they're always offering us animals. He had been left for 3 weeks outside in summer in a cardboard box, though by the state of him...
Personally I use a soft brush. I've been doing it to my new apple tree saplings this year as the aphids have been particularly bad.
Use a soft brush to literally brush them from the leaves. If its a pot plant indoors just take it outside to do it.
I use a soft broom head but quite easily an...
Thank you to everyone for the welcome. As requested here's a picture of the tortoise in its makeshift hospital pen (complete with distinguished reading material, the 'I' newspaper, and an old shoebox as a temporary shelter). I am suspecting a Herman's, and the vet today thought the same. There...
Hello to everyone on this forum.
Here is some information about me and my new tortoise.
My name is Jane and I am a first time tortoise owner from West Yorkshire in the UK. I have cared for tortoises in animal collections before (and am also an experienced keeper of amphibians and fish in...