Hello everyone, I have wished for a tortoise all my life and finally I was given one for my 67th birthday!! Wilma is a Horsefield and I have been told she is 5 years old.
It wasn't sure if it had been kept inside or out. So it was suggested that I keep her in this winter and start to put her in the garden when it gets warm enough to do so
and then hibernate her next year. She currently has the run of our bungalow, has her own tortoise bed which is covered and she can go in and out when she wants.
It is filled with hay for her to bury herself in. She has a uv light to bask under when she is out. I purchased lots of types of dried food and make up fresh food daily.
I understood that the amount was same size as her shell circumference. She never eats that much. I wet the food but don't soak it. She has fresh lettuce (round or little
gem) every day. She also has cabbage leaves and sprouts if she will eat them. I bathe her three times a week. Am I doing the right things please. Should I wet the food?
She does have water. I have dried flowers, veg and weeds, again dried - should I soak these? How much should she eat and is there anything else I can get her. I live in the UK on the east coast. Thanks and take care
It wasn't sure if it had been kept inside or out. So it was suggested that I keep her in this winter and start to put her in the garden when it gets warm enough to do so
and then hibernate her next year. She currently has the run of our bungalow, has her own tortoise bed which is covered and she can go in and out when she wants.
It is filled with hay for her to bury herself in. She has a uv light to bask under when she is out. I purchased lots of types of dried food and make up fresh food daily.
I understood that the amount was same size as her shell circumference. She never eats that much. I wet the food but don't soak it. She has fresh lettuce (round or little
gem) every day. She also has cabbage leaves and sprouts if she will eat them. I bathe her three times a week. Am I doing the right things please. Should I wet the food?
She does have water. I have dried flowers, veg and weeds, again dried - should I soak these? How much should she eat and is there anything else I can get her. I live in the UK on the east coast. Thanks and take care