Hi everyone! You folks were so helpful with another question I had recently that I thought I'd bring up a concern on my mind. After careful research into indoor spaces for Hermann's tortoises, my husband built a big, open toirtoise table out of untreated wood, which I filled with soil, rocks...
Hi everyone! I'm having trouble with a picky tort. I have a 15-year-old female Hermann's, Henrietta, living in a 4x8 (I think) open tortoise table with a heat/UV lamp in one corner, a big bathing and drinking dish, plants, dirt, rocks, etc. She's been super happy and healthy for the three years...
Hello! I have been searching for a vet for my 13-year-old female Hermann's for awhile now. She has never had a health problem, but I want to be ready in case anything happens. I looked up or contacted all of the vets close to me that are listed elsewhere on here, and they had either moved or...
Hi there! I actually joined this forum a few months ago to ask about some worries I had about my Hermann's Tortoise, Henrietta, but I never formally introduced myself. I adopted Henrietta a year ago from a family that didn't want her anymore (and I re-named her and changed her diet). They said...
Hello! I'm concerned because the corner of my Henrietta's eye looks a little swollen. I couldn't get a clear picture (I'll try again when the sun comes out) but it's the whitish corner, not the dark center. It's not red and there's no discharge; it's just slightly puffier than the same part of...
Hi there! I'm wondering what a normal weight for an adult female Hermann's is, or if there is some kind of system that experts on this site use to find out whether a tort is at a healthy weight or not. I bought a digital postal/pet scale and she was 3.5 pounds. I was a little surprised by that...
I got a 12-year-old, female Hermann's tortoise as a rescue last year. I just built her a large, oak, indoor enclosure with a peat moss and organic soil substrate and a large mercury vapor bulb. Ever since I got her, I've been soaking her a few times a week (as opposed to putting water in her...
Hello! I recently made a new table for my 12-year-old Hermann's, Henrietta. It is a 6x4 oak table with peat moss bedding, potted shade plants, and a mercury vapor bulb. I did a lot of research when designing it, but now that Henrietta is in there, I have two concerns that I had not foreseen...
Hello! I adopted a female, 12-year-old Hermann's a few months ago, and I have gotten so much conflicting advice about how often to bathe her and how humid to keep the air around her. Any suggestions?
Hello! I'm new to this forum, and I'm excited to hear some thoughts from more experienced tortoise lovers! I have had my lovely Henrietta, a 12-year-old Hermann's tortoise, for about 9 months now. She was a little boy's pet who was dumped at my local pet store when the boy grew up and grew out...