hermanns enclosure

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Hello everyone. I recently built an outdoor enclosure for my one year old eastern Hermann’s tortoise since during the day, the temperature has been in the high 70s and 80s, but at night, it gets down to the 60s and high 50s. Should I leave him out for the night. I know that younger tortoises...

This is Scooter, a Hermanns Tortoise. I’m not sure what I am doing wrong that his shell is pitting. Now that it’s warmer here, I’m taking him outside to increase UVB in hopes that the shell will somewhat heal. I feed him kale, broccoli, cauliflower, apples, etc. I have him in a black...

Hi! My name is Meagan. I recently moved in with my partner and we now share a ~5 year old Hermann’s tortoise. His name is Colonel Reginald, Reggie for short. I have a 3 year old kitty, Berlioz, that loves him and being in his enclosure. She doesn’t attack him, or bother him at all but we are...

Hi guys, Relatively new Hermann’s owner - just a quick question for anybody who would like to offer advice. I did and continue to do ALOT of research into how to best keep my little guy, I pretty much have everything like temp, enclosure, meals and daily routine down to a T. But one think...

Hi Everyone, I posted in this forum a few months ago asking for help about Franks shell starting to pyramid. We took all the advice everyone suggested - so thank you! He is a 2 year old hermann tortoise and now has an orchid bark substrate which we keep humid by spraying it with water. We also...