Not so much a problem more just curious I have a hermanns tortoise male called Larry had him for bout 2 and half years and he is always in the corner of his tank or room just scratching at it always walks into a wall and then just keeps walking not sure why he perfectly healthy eats loads he...
Now it's summer my hermanns tortoise montgomery spends majority of his time in the garden in his big pen but the other day I was watching him eating and I noticed couple ants on the food he was munching on if he accidentally ate a ant would it do him any harm
I appreciate everyone's comments I believe everyone has there own way of doing things with tortoises I find them fascinating constantly learning new things about them I will take all the comments into consideration however the main question was would a tortoise figurine in there for him to hump...
The red bulb is just to help it warm up if it gets to cold but temperature in there at night is normally 22 ish so it rarely on and it's called jungle earth it's pretty dry but out of all the su bstrate iv tried over the years he seemed to like this best burys himself in it nicely at night the...
I know I have only given him them strawberries to get him to start eating properly again I don't feed him fruit often he's just gone way off his food since the re homing
I know people say they prefer to be alone but literally since we rehomed the female he has been like this the temperature is fine nothing has changed temperature in the warm end is about 30 and it's changes incase it gets to hot or cold cool end I'm not to sure but it's a big 5ft by 2ft viv like...
Does anybody have any advice for my hermanns tortoise Montgomery I had 2 for 2 years but had to rehome the female due to biting and mounting but since then monty won't eat much sits in his cave all day sulking the temperature is fine food is fresh all his favourite cleaned the vivarium fully to...
I know I might sound stupid but I put some Timothy hay inside the hides for my tortoise to bury himself in witch he seems happy doing my question is what's the risk of it catching fire I mean it is warm in his vivarium
Feed him loads of different veg curly kale pak choi domain lettuce little gem lettuce peppers carrots everything iv fed him iv always fed him likes certain things more
Any advice I had 2 hermanns tortoises from hatchlings for about year and a half maybe longer turns out i had female and male so I had to sadly rehome one i decided to keep the male but since then the male monty has stopped eating unless hand fed and he hides all day not sleeping just hiding in...
2 year old male hermanns tortoise originally called betty girlfriend named her that not me but turns out she is a he and were struggling to think of good name so any ideas
Just signed up today owned 2 hermanns tortoises for just under 2 years Hermann and betty although turned out betty was a boy and Hermann was a girl witch I sadly had to rehome few days ago luckily the neighbours had her so betty needs a new name for a male but since I took the female away he...
He is in a indoor enclosure and has a large run outdoors for when the weather is better and yes I have uv and heat bulb one end and just uv the other end and a red bulb to warm him up at night if the temperature drops he just seems different since but he does eat if I give to him by hand but he...