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Hi all, My 1 year old Hermann's, Mr. T, seems to be doing well, but I've noticed that he always sleeps above his substrate underneath his basking lamp. I'm concerned that this area is the least humid area of his enclosure and that he should be exposed to higher humidity levels at night time...

Hi all, I have a thermometer which I bought, but its not an infrared 'zap thermometer' so Im confused as to how to measure the temperature under the heat/UVB lamp. This is the type of thermometer: How can I accurately measure basking temps with this thing? Its digital by the way with a min/max...

Hi all, My 1 year old Hermann's tortoise Mr T has been with me for four months now, and I'd like to check the new growth on his shell. I suspect that in the conditions he was kept in previously, he would have begun to pyramid. How do I check his new growth? Here are some pictures: Thank you, Lewis

Hi all, My Hermann's Tortoise, Mr T, is about a year old and with the help of the members on this forum, seems to be doing great!! He lives in a tortoise table with a soil substrate (no sand) with terracotta plant pot saucers for water and food. Although he seems happy in his table, I don't...

Hello, I don't think that my 1 year old Hermann's tortoise has weed or pooed in over a week. I'm very worried now as this is not normal. When I bathed him every evening in the days after I got him he would always wee and often poo in his bath, after about only 5-10 minutes. Now however, he...

Hi, My <1 year old Hermann's tortoise, Mr T, has been acting a bit odd lately. His day lamp comes on at around 6am each morning, as I leave early for school and this way I can feed him in the morning. He usually stirs at around seven and I give him food, usually a couple of dandelion leaves...

Hi everybody! I'm thinking of setting up a humid hide for my t.h.b and I'm a bit unsure of the perfect conditions for this. Sorry about posting so much today, it's just I'm so apprehensive to make my enclosure for Mr. T as perfect as can be! I've taken a medium sized terracotta plant pot and...

Hi, I've had my new Germans tortoise for a few days now and I have used a substrate for his tortoise table made of topsoil sand and a little bit of limestone grit. Some bits of the soil tend to form hard small clumps, and the tortoise is eating these! Is this normal, as he is eating quite a...

Hello, I posted a few days ago concerning my new Hermann's Tortoise, Mr T. He is less than a year old, and I keep him in a tortoise table. He has a UV and heat emitting lamp which I keep on for 12 hours in the day, and a heat lamp which he likes to sleep under at night. He is worrying me a bit...

Hello, yesterday I brought home my Hermann's tortoise, it is my first one and he now lives in a tortoise table. I have fed him today, dandelion weeds and a mixed rocket salad from the supermarket, which he ate enthusiastically! I've used a tortoise substrate made from topsoil with a little bit...