...Emrys!
Here he is. My new family member. A gorgeous Eastern Hermann's.
Thank you to all who've taught me so far, and to all who will in future. Hopefully, this is the start of a lifelong companionship.
I had the choice of THHs and THBs, both were available in the shop, but thanks to HermanniChris' excellent threads comparing the two I knew I wanted a THB and went in well-informed. I was also able to sex the tortoise thanks to experience on this forum, and chose my favourite out of the four THBs on offer (I specifically wanted one with dull colour).
Emrys made a mess pretty fast. Didn't think he'd manage quite so quickly. He threw moss in his water and soaked it all up, and he trampled the plant I'd tried growing for him. He ate cuttlefish for about an hour - including eating from my hand - but didn't touch the strawberries I tried to provide as a moving-in treat. He's on to weeds tomorrow
He gave up and went to his hide at 5pm and fell asleep. Going to check on him again later, but he seems happy and settled already.
Here he is. My new family member. A gorgeous Eastern Hermann's.
Thank you to all who've taught me so far, and to all who will in future. Hopefully, this is the start of a lifelong companionship.
I had the choice of THHs and THBs, both were available in the shop, but thanks to HermanniChris' excellent threads comparing the two I knew I wanted a THB and went in well-informed. I was also able to sex the tortoise thanks to experience on this forum, and chose my favourite out of the four THBs on offer (I specifically wanted one with dull colour).
Emrys made a mess pretty fast. Didn't think he'd manage quite so quickly. He threw moss in his water and soaked it all up, and he trampled the plant I'd tried growing for him. He ate cuttlefish for about an hour - including eating from my hand - but didn't touch the strawberries I tried to provide as a moving-in treat. He's on to weeds tomorrow
He gave up and went to his hide at 5pm and fell asleep. Going to check on him again later, but he seems happy and settled already.