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Hi all, I just found out that my 1yr old tortoises have been gaining too much weight over the months as they are only meant to be putting one or two grams but ours have been gaining more than that. When we first got the tortoises they both weighed 38g where as now the larger of the two has put...

Thanks for the replies, I have had them since Christmas.

Hi all, I have been reading posts on here about overgrown beaks and how to trim them. I was just wondering if my soon to be yearlings have overgrown beaks and if so are they too young to be trimmed. Thank you.

One of my 9 months old tortoises has suddenly stopped eating. She is slightly limping and is showing signs of pyramiding where the other tortoise who lives in the same environment is not. She won't eat anything and just walks away when I offer food to her. She also never seems to eat any...

I have noticed that where as one of my tortoises has a minor pyramiding problem the other hasn't and has a smooth shell. I have been trying to figure out why one of my hatchlings has it and not the other as I keep them in the same enclosure and they get the same food as one another. I first...

Ok thanks the bump is the little lump on the top of her shell

Thanks for the replies, it's just that one of my lil' Hermann's has a strange bump on her shell.

I'm not entirely sure if my torts have or haven't got pyramiding. I have only had them a couple of months and would appreciate any help. Please tell me if you can see any signs of pyramiding. Thank you

Hi guys just wondering if my torts' nails/claws are getting to long. I do have slate and a rock in the enclosure but I'm not sure if Topsy me Tilly need their nails clipping and if so is there an easy way to do it. [hr] P.s the man who was delivering the tortoises wAs a few miles away from...

Thanks! :D I am really happy with them

I got these two hatchlings on Christmas day as my x mas present and all seems to be going well. Please tell me what you think!

They should be a couple of Hermanns and topsoil and coconut coir.

Ok thank you. It is hoping to be some parts coconut coir and other parts topsoil basically a mixture if both.

The title says it all: How deep should the substrate be? It is probably a really silly question, but I have heard many different answers to it. From only a few centimetres to more than a couple of inches. Is there an average amount of substrate that should be allowed for my tortoises to...

So my mum just came up to me and asked if this bulb would do instead of a fluorescent uv/b bulb. I just wanted to check with you if this was the case or if you always need a special reptile bulb. It is from PHILIPS and is 60 watt. Thank you!

Well, 'leaf' are my initials and 2002 is my birthday so yeah, nothing interesting there!

Okay, I did see a few that were not coiled, but not many and they were really expensive.

I know that this is probably the stupidest question ever, but I have been looking at a lot if threads and it says that loads of people disagree with the coil bulbs. Now when they say coil bulbs do they mean the uvb bulb or the basking. I have been looking online and was wondering if this bulb...

Okay, so I have been reading through a lot of threads and people seem to be talking about CHE's but what temp should it be? And while im at it am I right in thinking that the temp for through the day should be 100 w? AND fir how long should the days be? :)

Ok thanks I live in England so believe me, we barely get any sunlight.