Hi.
I keep finding my two year old hermans tortoise on her back.
It appears as if she has climbed onto the roof of her cool shelter and fallen onto her back.
There are plenty of things she can use to right herself so when it happens I try and leave her to work it out on her own.
Is there...
I'm using a mercury vapour bulb for heating and light.
We separated them about a month ago but because he was the more timid of the two, we kept him in the regular enclosure and moved his sister into the larger one. They had been living together for about 4 months.
I can't see any discharge...
They're now being housed separately. It's 35°c in the hot end and 25°c in the cool end. At night the room doesn't fall below 20°c.
I tried to look in his mouth but couldn't see anything obvious.
The problem is the vet is now closed for a couple of days so I can't see a vet until then.
I'm worried about my 1 year old hermann tortoise.
He's off his food today. Normally he's up as soon as the light goes on. Today it was nearly 1pm and he still wasn't up.
He isn't walking round at all and keeps extending his neck right out and opening his mouth. I've tried uploading a video but...
Quick update.
I went to my local reptile shop and spoke to the owner (who happens to be a zoologist). He said it sounded like dominance mating which can be either sex. He said if left together, the smaller one wouldn't thrive as the larger one wound keep hogging the food and best basking spot...
I've got two 11 month Hermanns and the larger one has just started trying to mount the smaller one.
Is this normal as I thought tortoises didn't start getting urges until about 5 years.
Is there anything I can do to stop them other than putting them in seperate enclosures.
I'd hate to have...
Thanks.
I feel guilty not giving them salad as the like it so much more than weeds.
As the saying goes you've got to be cruel to be kind. I guess its like sweets and vegetables with a child. Kids like sweets and would eat them all the time. But it's not a good diet so you need to give them the...
We started feeding our two 8 month old Hermanns salad for convenience and now they won't eat weeds.
I've tried only putting weeds in their enclosure but they don't seem to be eating them.
I know it isn't ideal but I guess I'd rather them eat only salad than not eat the weeds and starve.
Any...
Where in the UK did you find the Miner-all? I've looked on Amazon and its nearly £30 a pot. I'm currently using Repashy but will be going over to Nutrabal soon.
I'm not sure how these compare.
Unfortunately the sand comes premixed so I can't remove it. The substrate doesn't look too sandy so I've got a feeling it's more soil than sand.
I don't think the miner-all will be an option as shops here in the UK don't stock it and if I get it online from the USA, it's $39 postage.
As I...
I've recently started using komodo tortoise eco terrain for my two hermanns and have noticed they seem to keep eating it. I've heard that tortoises will sometimes eat the soil if they aren't getting enough calcium.
I always dust their food with vitamin and calcium powder and have a little fish...
It's two sharing an enclosure about a meter long and 60 cm wide.
They're from the same batch so have always been together.
They eat, sleep and bask next to each other.
For the time being until I can buy another enclosure, could I put a board down the middle of the enclosure to seperate them or would that stress them out more?
The enclosure is about a meter long and about 60 cm wide. It's about 30°c under the basking lamp and 20°c down the cool end.
They came from the same batch so have always lived together and have shown no signs of not getting on.
They eat, sleep and bask next to each other so don't think it's...
Hi,
One of my 7 month old hermanns tortoises keeps trying to climb the walls of his enclosure. Could he be bored? I've tried regularly rearranging the rocks in his enclosure and moving the hides around to try and give him some variety.
He has a mercury vapour lamp on for 14 hours and off for...
Hi,
One of my 7 month old hermanns tortoises keeps trying to climb the walls of his enclosure. Could he be bored? I've tried regularly rearranging the rocks in his enclosure and moving the hides around to try and give him some variety.
He has a mercury vapour lamp on for 14 hours and off for...
If I do as you suggest and move slowly, will they start to trust me? Or should I handle them more so they get used to me? The only time I hold them is during bath time lol.