The Tortoise Table

Hello. Just a quick update. Shelly is well on the road to recovery. He has been getting up on his own the past couple of mornings and has eaten well for the past week. He weighed 274g on Sunday which is a whopping 17g! I lifted her table which I had on the floor as there was a bit of a drop in tempe...

Hello
I got him up this morning and after a long spell under his basking lamp he had a piece of cucumber !
Fingers crossed he is turning the corner!
Will carry on waking and trying to feed him 3 times a day for the next few days and see how he goes.
Thanks Nina and Lin for your help!
Andrew

Hello. I got him up and put him under his lamp first thing today. He spent a good 10 mins basking but showed no interest in food again and went back to his bed. When we returned from taking my daughter's swimming he was out of his bed sleeping in the cool part of the table. I placed him under the la...

Hello. Firstly Lin, he has not been outdoors. He has been indoor since I've had him although he was in a vivarium until I bought him a table in the summer. Yes he hasn't been pooing. I have tried holding dandelion leaves, rocket, cucumber and even a slice of strawberry but he's not shown any interes...

Hello again. Update. I have woken him up 3 times now and placed him under his lamp. I have given him fresh food (cucumber, rocket and dandelion leaves) but he still hasn't eaten anything. He basks for s few minutes and goes back to bed!!! One thing I have noticed is early on in the day his basking t...

Thanks both! I will see how he goes over the weekend!
Andrew

Hi Nina.
He was 290g now he is 261g. I live in South Wales, blackwood to be exact.
Would you recommend hibernating him?
Andrew

Just headed straight back to bed!

Hi Nina.
I can't post pictures of the table as it keeps saying the file is too large!!
Have adjusted the basking lamp now and am getting 31 degrees at shell height.
I tried hand feeding him but he isn't interested.
Tried cucumber, dandelion and strawberry but he won't touch anything.
Andrew

Hi Nina. Thanks for your reply. I have a separate uvb lamp and a halogen type basking lamp. I measured around 28 degrees at shell height this morning but it was as cold as 21 by his house compartment. He usually gets up at 6.30 ish but now he just comes out walks to the lamp for a few minutes, then ...

Hello all. I am a bit concerned about my tortoise as he is loosing weight. He has lost 23g over the past 2 months. He is about 5 years old ( Herman tortoise) and I have owned him for the past 18 months and last winter he had a vivarium where he was always clawing at the glass. Following advice I bou...

Hi Nina. Just assume she's female because the pet shop we got her from said that she more than likely was female. Got no plans other than as a pet to sex her so she's going to remain a she for now. Thanks for the link I will post a picture when I get her table up and running. Thanks for your time an...

Hi Nina. We have a Hermann tortoise (Called shelly) who we were told is around 3 years when we bought her so she's getting on for 4. A link to the data sheet will be excellent. Haven't really had any problem with temperature in the enclosed vavarium just wanted to make sure that Shelly will be happy...

Thanks for the advice Nina!
What sort of height would you mount the uvb light from the enclosure? I believe the table comes with a hanger for the basking light so hopefully that should be ok.
I currently have both heat and uvb lamps on for 10 hours a day. Does this sound ok?
Andy.

Hi all. I have owned my tortoise now for 8 months. When we bought her I was told that the vavarium that we bought was suitable for her. Following discussions on this website I think that it's a little on the small side as she has started pacing back and forth the glass. The enclosure is only around ...