Thanks all. I'm in London, in the UK. He lives indoors in an open top tortoise table. I use a mix of topsoil and herbivore fibre as a substrate and he has lots of hidey holes (like his flower pot in the photo!) which I put moss in for him to get cosy. I'm now wondering if it might be his lamp...
My horsfield tortoise is about 15 months old and still pretty tiny, but he has really started slowing down over the past few weeks and I'm worried he's trying to go into hibernation, which he is too small for. He isn't eating as much as normal and he is sleeping a LOT. Sometimes he won't even...
Great, thanks everyone that really helps. Will buy a thermometer today. In terms of adding humidity, if I spray his soil with water will that do the trick? Thanks again!
I'm not sure what exact temp it is. The bulb is 30cms from the substrate floor. It's pretty dry in there because I was worried about him getting a cold and read somewhere that horsfield shouldn't have any humidity - is this wrong? Should I be spraying the soil?
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My baby horsfield has had a few bubbles around one of his eyes for a few days and it seems to be getting worse. The lids look swollen and sticky and in the mornings he has trouble opening it. I've had him for about 6 months and think he's about ten months old now. He lives in a tortoise...
Thanks both. I gave him another soak last night and popped him under his heat lamp for a bit and he seemed to perks up. I bought a herb salad and he has eaten some of the baby cos leaves, I think because they are the most like spinach which is what he was fed by his breeder. I am keen to wean...
Hello,
I am very worried about my new baby tortoise. He is a horsfield and about 5 months old. He is tiny and so gorgeous. I got him on Sunday, and on that day he seemed to settle in really well. He was active, walking around his tortoise table and eating. But since then he has completely...
Hello,
I am very worried about my new baby tortoise. He is a horsfield and about 5 months old. He is tiny and so gorgeous. I got him on Sunday, and on that day he seemed to settle in really well. He was active, walking around his tortoise table and eating. But since then he has completely...