The Tortoise Table

So having gone from posting because Fergus wouldn’t eat anything, he is now eating anything I put down including the calcium powder. I have started restricting how much I have to give him, going with a generous covering of his shell but unfortunately he has also now started eating his own poo! Talk ...

Hi It’s been a month or so since I last came on concerned that fergus was loosing rather than gaining weight since being with us. It turns out all he wanted was for me to spend some money in him. The day after I paid for a worm testing kit to be sent through, he set about eating everything put in fr...

He has picked right up today, is up and about and eating again! I am not sure how he does it but without changing his face at all he can sometimes look so grumpy, which has been him the last few days, and then today, looks quite pleased with himself!

Starting to feel like a proper paranoid Mother now!!
Thanks again for support

Thanks Nina I will get on to that. I noticed today that his “lips” have gone a bit black- you can see it in the picture posted above. I appreciate they are not really lips but he does look like he’s wearing lipstick now! He was always a little darker round his mouth but this does seem a little more ...

Thanks Nina I will up his baths to daily. I was only doing it twice a week as he really hates it and I was concerned it was stressing him out, but at least that’ll keep him awake. I had also noticed that whilst he used to sleep in the corner near his lamp, he has moved to cooler areas but is up and ...

Hi Nina He did eat a little more today and then buried himself really deep in his soil. He’s done that a couple of time this week. Could he be trying to hibernate? If so how do I stop him? Is it as obvious as keep waking him up?! Temperature under his lamp is bang on 30. I check it once a week and a...

And one on my hand for scale

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Hi More diet related questions about Fergus I’m afraid. I have weighed him again today having not done it for a couple of months and he has lost weight since coming to us- down to 29g (30g after a bath) from 34g when he arrived- his highest weight was 35g a month after he arrived. He’s such a tiny t...

Amazing- thanks so much

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Thanks Isabelle. That is pretty much the only view I get of him at the moment- it’s the “bum in air” pose!!

Thanks I decided to leave him be yesterday just to see what he would do if I didn’t get him up etc and he slept at the colder end of his table for a full 24 hours! I put him under his lamp at that point and he woke up a bit, but kept trying to go back and bury himself. So I gave him his daily bath a...

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Can I ask how Melvin is doing now?
I have a very sleepy newbie too and just wondering whether he is just getting used to us

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Thanks Nina
I was reading the article as you replied!
I wonder if I am just watching him too much

I will try and relax a little and give him some space...

Thanks again for bearing with me! Can’t say how grateful I am for all your help and advice!

Hi So I have a couple of questions as I get my head round suitable diet for Fergus. I have managed to find a good variety of safe food around and about and have offered Fergus a selection each day, but he will only eat lettuce or dandelion and the occasional campanula flower but generally isn’t eati...

Nina- I think you will just be able to make Fergus out on his slate in front of my daughter. He’s a definite hit/schoolwork distraction with all the family except perhaps Sid the whippet who’s looking decidedly dejected! Fergus is only outside when one of us is at the moment until we get a mesh lid ...

Hi All I am very pleased to finally be able to introduce Fergus the Horsfield. He seems a very happy little chap and is very busy exploring, eating and basking. I am working for home today and he is also very distracting!! Thank you again for all the support and advice that you have all provided tha...

Thanks Nina- the lamp can currently be moved up and down but it seems to be warm enough at the highest setting which is frustrating.
My husband in very handy and will easily be able to make a higher one

Hi Nina Thanks- it is all down the help and inspiration that I have found on here. So much more to think about than I anticipated but have really enjoyed scouring this site. I have a thermometer with a probe all set and ready to go. It hits about 31 under the lamp, there is a radiator at that end of...

So now all set up inside too! No soft comfy bedding but hopefully enough to keep him entertained and healthy. Will hopefully be picking up our little tortoise on Thursday and we are very excited. Just got to think of a name...!!!! Lin- we are getting a horsfields but I have one of your caresheets al...