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Hi everyone. I'm very glad I found this site as there seems to be so much information.
I lived in Tenerife (for 22 years) and had a Tortoise (testudo Graeca Graeca, I think???) bought for me 8 years ago. We relocated to the UK three years ago and left the Tortoise (Sarah, by the way) with my sister who still lives there. As our lovely Sarah was so nice, my sister and her husband bought one of their own (a Russian tortoise though).
Unfortunately, the Russian has been biting our lovely Sarah and we have found someone that is driving back to the UK and is happy to bring her with us. She was microchipped a few years ago and has a med certificate to is ready to go tomorrow.
My question and request for advice is simple really. Keeping her in Tenerife was a piece of cake. I built her an outside run and she lived with the guinea pigs, she hibernated a little in the winter and had plenty of space and although it was chilly in the winter (we lived in the mountains, 700 metres above sea level), it was a great climate for her. Now she has had to come to the UK as I couldn't bear the thought of her being given away and not knowing where she was and that she was being well cared for, but HOW DO I TAKE CARE OF HER HERE!!
Will she want to hibernate next week when she gets here?
Now that the weather is warm enough, will she be OK outside?
Should I get her in with a heat lamp at night?
We live on a farm and have a spare stone shed we can use for indoor use.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated. I have some books coming that I have ordered, but would appreciate any thoughts you may have. I may post a picture of her when we pick her up on Monday so that I iknow for sure, what type she is.
Thanks....
I lived in Tenerife (for 22 years) and had a Tortoise (testudo Graeca Graeca, I think???) bought for me 8 years ago. We relocated to the UK three years ago and left the Tortoise (Sarah, by the way) with my sister who still lives there. As our lovely Sarah was so nice, my sister and her husband bought one of their own (a Russian tortoise though).
Unfortunately, the Russian has been biting our lovely Sarah and we have found someone that is driving back to the UK and is happy to bring her with us. She was microchipped a few years ago and has a med certificate to is ready to go tomorrow.
My question and request for advice is simple really. Keeping her in Tenerife was a piece of cake. I built her an outside run and she lived with the guinea pigs, she hibernated a little in the winter and had plenty of space and although it was chilly in the winter (we lived in the mountains, 700 metres above sea level), it was a great climate for her. Now she has had to come to the UK as I couldn't bear the thought of her being given away and not knowing where she was and that she was being well cared for, but HOW DO I TAKE CARE OF HER HERE!!
Will she want to hibernate next week when she gets here?
Now that the weather is warm enough, will she be OK outside?
Should I get her in with a heat lamp at night?
We live on a farm and have a spare stone shed we can use for indoor use.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated. I have some books coming that I have ordered, but would appreciate any thoughts you may have. I may post a picture of her when we pick her up on Monday so that I iknow for sure, what type she is.
Thanks....