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This subject recently was slightly touched discussed in another thread that was unrelated to the subject. I realize this might be a hot potato for some people, but I find interesting what people think about this issue. I understand that I give this discussion a certain direction by referring to...

There have been some good sunny days the last couple of weeks so the animals were up and about in their outdoor enclosure. It's really interesting to see the animals manage their activity levels throughout the day. Appearing when the sun has heated up a couple of their hiding spots and when the...

So it’s the first week of real good weather we’ve had so far. So I’ve opened up the new outdoor part to their little greenhouse so they can get used to the new part of the enclosure. It’s still a bit on the cold side, but they’ll need to learn to the exit and entrance are anyway. So since...

Wild Testudo hermanni are known to consume insects and other invertebrates on a somewhat regular bases. Researchers that studied the stomach contents of wild tortoises found twenty-three snails in a single animal*. So I was curious what would happen if introduced some 'waxworms' (Achroia...

Since I'm trying to mimic their natural diet as much as possible, I offered a (very) small amount protein to their diet. I managed to capture their response a bit on tape, so I figured I'd share the video here. I'm still getting used to their 'hunting' behavior, quite different from what I'm...

Hallo all, I’m currently building a Hermann's outdoor enclosure and I'm looking for some advice and tips how I'm doing so far. Forgive if I'm over explaining, but I find it beneficial to explain what my thought process was. So, the enclosure is about 20 square meters and is facing south. It's...

Hallo all, I've been lizard keeper for quite a number of years and recently decide to take on a small group of tortoises. I've got some experience with sexing lizards like leopard gecko's and monitor lizards, but I can't seem to make much sense of sexing young tortoises. I'm read some very...