This site has been very helpful and I look forward to exploring more. My family and I purchased our Hermanns Tortoise in July of 2011 and we love him ( at least I think it's a him) very much. could someone tell me how you can tell the sex? some say look at how long the tail is but some say you can not tell until they are about 5 years old I don't even know how old he his I do know when we got him he was small but not tiny he has almost grown 4 times since then. I believe he is really heathy. Today we decided to give him 2 butter worms, was that ok? the pet store said it would be but I still need to find out from someone that knows. I thought they only eat veggies and some fruit not meat. Thank-you