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I am planning on getting 2-4 musk terrapins, i am also planning on getting a tank for them that has a fixed bay on the side or in the corner, does anyone no where i can buy them or order one from online, i live in england so would need somewhere that would devliever to there. If no perhaps...

My Hermen is following a different routine this winter although this is the first winter i have had her, she is sleeping for a few days, the wen she does show her face she basks under the heat lamp for an hour eats and then goes back to sleep for a few days again. But there is no evidense that...

is it okay to house my tortoise in a appropratly adapted rabbit hudge for the cold indoor months?

my tortosie isnt coming out much lately and when she does she just eats and then goes back in to her hide and sleeps, i think she is trying to hibernated, when she does eat she isnt eating loads, but she is only 3 years and i dont want to hibernate her yet. Can anybody shed light on her behaviour?

as i was feeding my tortoise her rare treat of honey dew melon i noticed her tongue was a stange colour sorta of orangey brown like ear wax, but it wasnt swallow of bumpy just the colour i have not noticed this colour before shall i worry?

There is what i think a 7 year old russain in my local pet shop, he is male and being kept in a tank with two Iguana's. When i go in a see him he never has food to graze or water to drink, there is a uvb lamp, but no basking light and there in one shelter for him to hide, nobody wants to buy...

I have asked this before but what is the ideal Herman tortoise floor substraint? i have a wood chip but am unhappy with it because it doesnt look much fun i'd rather a soil-ly like sustance...

Little Foot will be 3 years in october but in the time i have had her she doesn't seemed to have grown much at just coming on 5inches nose to tail now she was about 4 and a half when i got her. What weight she she be at this length? and am i correct in thinking she may get to 8- 10 inches long...

Is there ever an age i can relax alittle with whether my Herman is getting enough heat, enough sun etc. Little Foot is 3 years in september and i am very particular with the way she is kept, handled, and what she exposed to. I want to know if for what ever reason she many be without the heat...

I am thinknig of getting anothor tortoise well 2 actaully, another herman to keep Lil Foot company, and am interested in a leopard who wouldnt be kept with the hermans. I relise however that leopards probably need alot of out side space and although i have a fair sized garden now i am moving to...

What wood can anyone suggest i use to make my outdoor enclosure, i was going to use pine?

My Tortoise couldnt be less interested in her kuttle fish that is availble to her 24/7, i do dust her food so she is getting calcuim, it would be nice however to see her try the kuttle bone espeacailly because i read somewhere that it will help sharpen her mouth. Any one got any ideas how i can...

Can you buy spider tortoises as pets in the uk? does anybody now where if you can, and how much they cost?

can hermanns eat mushrooms, or celerey? what about vegatables?

I am eventaully going to bulid a version of the hutch pictured below but bigger for Little Foot to spent her summer days, i am going to use chicken wire small enough so her head does get stuck but big enough for her to see out, but i have heard that you shouldn't let them see out for some reason...

Can a 2-3 inch hermann tortoise live with a 4 inch hermann?

This is Little Foots indoor home for while she is still tiny. This saturday i am buliding a home outside for Little Foot, it will include a bulit in hide some potted greenary, some top soil, i am very excited and any helpful advice welcomed as this is my first home made tortoise...

I was wondering on peoples opinion of the ranges of dry tortoise food out there, I rarely give mine the T-rex tortoise food or anything like that cause i dont like the thought of none fresh food, but is it infact really good for her? I would be really interested to no whether you guys feed your...

i have posted this picture before but now i know how to make it bigger i am trying it again, i have also asked people opions on its sex before. At first i thought my little herman was a boy and i am not so sure nemore. Little Foot is about 4 and a half inchs 2 yearas old with a flat belly and...

I have just read the thread about someone worrying about a pyramiding tortoise, and a theres a few things i need clearing up as there a bit fuzzy. What actaully is pyramiding? is it when the whole shell grows wrong and up like a pyramid or just the single rings on it. And what is the main...