I inherited an elderly tortoise called Boris.
I look after Boris in mostly the same way his owner did.
Boris hibernates when he is ready and wakes up when he is ready, and in the latter case far too early for me, about January time. He then roams around the house doing his own thing waiting for...
Boris is hibernating at the moment. But when he is awake he spends his time trying to escape. If there is someone to watch him, he has free run for an hour or more most days of an enormous garden. I put him in a penned area for the rest of the time but I have had to make it bigger and bigger...
I have a 60 year old tortoise that belonged to my brother. At hibernation time, brother used to put tortoise in a cardboard box in October. In April tortoise would wake up. Brother looked after tortoise instinctively and never sought advise. He just let tortoise do what it wanted to do.
I...
My small Greek tortoise is awake, has been since December. Tortoise is getting on for 60 years-old and belonged to my brother who had him from the year dot. Brother did not read up about tortoises just seemed to do his own thing. Vet saw tortoise for the first time last year and said he was...
A couple of days ago, my adult spur thighed Testudo Graeca tortoise started to hibernate.
Last night, I read not to allow tortoise to hibernate until tortoise has been to the toilet and not fed for 2 weeks after that.
So, I got my tortoise out of his box and put him in some warm water...
I am looking after my brother's tortoise, which he has had for 50 years. A worrying experience for me, but so far we are doing fine, I think. The funny thing is, my brother has no idea what sort of tortoise it is. The tortoise is called Boris but I wonder if it might be female. Thank you for...