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by Bex
08 Jul 2021, 15:43
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Tiny’s new home
Replies: 7
Views: 6960

Re: Tiny’s new home

Hi all, hope you are well :) Just wanted to show off my enormous bindweed that’s grown along Tiny’s enclosure! It came up in between some paving slabs so I just poked it through and this happened 8-) also my plan worked for the hideaway, the grass has grown on the roof and around but have yet to fin...
by Bex
26 May 2021, 16:28
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Tiny’s new home
Replies: 7
Views: 6960

Re: Tiny’s new home

And a few more of her adventures :)

And I made a hidey hole, dunno if the dirt/grass will stay put but fingers crossed, I’ve fenced it off so it can have a cpl weeks to settle. Hopefully it’ll stay put!
by Bex
26 May 2021, 16:24
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Tiny’s new home
Replies: 7
Views: 6960

Re: Tiny’s new home

Haha Nina, there so good at taking apart these things we do for them! Over the past week, in between the rain, I have been busy making the enclosure more fun and I decided to put her old cold frame in, so she has something she knows and another safe place away from wind/rain etc! We had lovely sun t...
by Bex
19 May 2021, 14:36
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Tiny’s new home
Replies: 7
Views: 6960

Re: Tiny’s new home

Hi, Yes I have been messaging the lady who has Speedy and the 1st couple days she was a bit grumpy, but she’s coming out of her shell now (excuse the pun :lol: ) I was busy y/day planting bits and pieces, I have divided the enclosure so that it’s not too overwhelming for Tiny and it’ll give the plan...
by Bex
17 May 2021, 16:08
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Tiny’s new home
Replies: 7
Views: 6960

Tiny’s new home

Hi guys, As I have rehomed Speedy, my daughter had the great idea to put Tiny in the enclosure! So after a cpl hours of making it as ‘Tiny’ safe as possible I put her in :) I’m gonna cut the grass and dig up various daisy bits and replant tortoise friendly plants I already have etc and hopefully she...
by Bex
12 May 2021, 20:36
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Sulcata care sheet
Replies: 6
Views: 6392

Re: Sulcata care sheet

Thank you Ladies :) It was a pleasure to have her, learn about her and I will miss her terribly, but it is the right decision. It was easier to get her sorted out now, in case we had little time to get her rehomed in the future. I did email you earlier Lin but I’m not sure if it sent, it goes into m...
by Bex
12 May 2021, 14:13
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Sulcata care sheet
Replies: 6
Views: 6392

Re: Sulcata care sheet

Thank you! I wanted to make sure that Speedy’s new owners had it! I have found her a wonderful new home :) Unfortunately Nan’s health has deteriorated rapidly over the past few months and the time was right for me to let Speedy go. As heartbreaking as it is, I’m happy that she now has 100ft grassed ...
by Bex
12 May 2021, 06:20
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Sulcata care sheet
Replies: 6
Views: 6392

Sulcata care sheet

Hi guys,

Hope all are well :)
Can you please give me the link to the Sulcata care sheet that Lin put together please?

Bex x
by Bex
31 Mar 2021, 21:38
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Temporary outside enclosure suggestion?
Replies: 9
Views: 6777

Re: Temporary outside enclosure suggestion?

Hi Summerills, This was my temporary outside enclosure and it’s still being used 3 years later! It’s just a cold frame, normally used for growing plants! Although she now has use of some outside space, it’s been great for her! I just put wire mesh on the lid for really hot days when the plastic isn’...
by Bex
19 Mar 2021, 17:09
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Shell worry!!
Replies: 12
Views: 9155

Re: Shell worry!!

So we had lovely sunshine today and I put Tiny out for a few hours.... but we had a visitor (1st pic) so I made him a little ‘pond’ at the top of the garden and he had a soak and away he went! And proof that I’m not the meanie Tiny said I was :lol: she thoroughly enjoyed her feast and I am planning ...
by Bex
08 Mar 2021, 22:49
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Shell worry!!
Replies: 12
Views: 9155

Re: Shell worry!!

That really made me giggle :lol:

Roll on the next nice sunny day and she might get lucky ;)
I will send pics to prove and then I can come off the naughty list!!

Thanks x
by Bex
07 Mar 2021, 21:45
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Shell worry!!
Replies: 12
Views: 9155

Re: Shell worry!!

I emailed Lin last week and never got a reply! Now I know why :lol: I’ll keep bathing Tiny twice a week in Reptoboost and see how she goes, I am planning to change her outside enclosure once weather is warmer, have more plants and softer wood in there, no big rocks or stones etc... Had to share this...
by Bex
06 Mar 2021, 20:41
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Shell worry!!
Replies: 12
Views: 9155

Re: Shell worry!!

Nina did you get a chance to look at the photos?

Bex x
by Bex
02 Mar 2021, 12:14
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Shell worry!!
Replies: 12
Views: 9155

Re: Shell worry!!

I’ve taken these photos today, is there anyway I can email you the videos as you can see her walking?

I’ve ordered some Reptoboost so will bathe her in that a cpl times a week, see if it helps :)

Bex x
by Bex
01 Mar 2021, 21:52
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Shell worry!!
Replies: 12
Views: 9155

Re: Shell worry!!

I’ve had a look at all the old posts and can’t find the pics either, I think when we 1st joined I did send pics and you sexed both torts for me. A while after you were hacked and a lot of the posts were deleted, don’t know if you remember? When I found her in that pet shop she didn’t look right at a...
by Bex
01 Mar 2021, 11:30
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Shell worry!!
Replies: 12
Views: 9155

Re: Shell worry!!

Hi, thank you for getting back to me! The red area does look like normal shell that has been dirtied, I will make sure I scrub a bit harder when I bathe her! The white circle does look reddish in the pic but doesn’t seem it with the naked eye! There is a small dip but it looks like it has shell grow...
by Bex
24 Feb 2021, 10:46
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Shell worry!!
Replies: 12
Views: 9155

Shell worry!!

I bathed Tiny this morning and noticed her under shell didn’t look great :(

Do I need to worry or is her shell ok? She has rocks and things she climbs etc, could they be doing damage?

Bex x
by Bex
21 Feb 2021, 21:36
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Lovely day!!
Replies: 4
Views: 5433

Re: Lovely day!!

I’m so glad I made you smile :D I just cannot get Tiny to hibernate! I got her in the November and she was so small and poorly I just kept her warm and fed but now she wakes up as soon as she hears me in the morning! She warms under her lamp, eats some food and goes back to bed by lunchtime til it’s...
by Bex
20 Feb 2021, 21:40
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Lovely day!!
Replies: 4
Views: 5433

Lovely day!!

As the sun was out and it hit 16 here today, although a little windy the girls had their 1st hour outside 8-) It took Tiny approx 5 mins to munch thru the sow thistle (that took ALL winter to grow) I made sure I saved some for next time by putting a partition up and it worked! Speedy enjoyed her wan...
by Bex
17 Feb 2021, 12:55
Forum: UK Plant Identification
Topic: Ragwort or Prickly Sow Thistle?
Replies: 3
Views: 7124

Re: Ragwort or Prickly Sow Thistle?

Ok no worries, will pull it out and dispose!

Ty x
by Bex
14 Feb 2021, 19:20
Forum: UK Plant Identification
Topic: Ragwort or Prickly Sow Thistle?
Replies: 3
Views: 7124

Ragwort or Prickly Sow Thistle?

Hi guys,
Always thought this was prickly (ish) sow thistle but someone said it’s ragwort?? What do you think?
by Bex
01 Feb 2021, 09:15
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Overnight heat
Replies: 20
Views: 17336

Re: Overnight heat

Yeah totally agree! When I walk the dogs I get seed heads from various weeds/flowers etc, I have a very large garden now and the top bit I have a cpl large raised beds and there just tortoise food, dandelion, sow thistle, mallow, plantain etc... I also grow runner beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, pak Cho...
by Bex
31 Jan 2021, 16:39
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Overnight heat
Replies: 20
Views: 17336

Re: Overnight heat

Thanks guys :) Look at that 2nd photo! OMG they are amazing :lol: Cannot wait for spring and get Speedy back outside, she’s currently took up residence under the piano stool and keeps having arguments with the piano pedals!! Keep hearing a ‘Dong’ every now and then! Still she seems happy! Hopefully ...
by Bex
28 Jan 2021, 10:29
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Overnight heat
Replies: 20
Views: 17336

Re: Overnight heat

A couple more of the rescue :)
So glad I had the camera in there!
by Bex
28 Jan 2021, 10:26
Forum: Enclosures
Topic: Overnight heat
Replies: 20
Views: 17336

Re: Overnight heat

I was wondering! I thought I’d upset you all :lol: Had a bit of a nightmare, it is way too low and within a week she had climbed up a corner and brought down some of the wires and got herself all tangled upside down! At the time I was out driving and the camera kept going off... my daughter rang fro...