The Tortoise Table

Hi Emma, and what a nice 1st time for you. She looks in good condition but I won’t say the same about you, you probably need a few weeks recovery. 😂 Isn’t it amazing the difference a long sleep makes to their energy and how spritely they with more of a purpose after waking up and the speed from comi...

Horsfield tortoise from South Wales, CF44 0HA is in need of a home that can offer to take over Torti’s care. At just over 18 months old Torti (unsexed) loves human contact, isn’t shy and the owners have come to the heartbreaking decision to let Torti move onto someone that can offer the time, space ...

I forgot to mention my thoughts on bathing. Yes, bathing any tortoise is a good thing and nice warm water to a depth just below the mouth. Around 15 - 20 mins is good but just remember to keep the water warm by topping it up with warm. Lin Sunshine wrote: > Thank you so much Lyn for your sage advice...

Hi Sunshine. As you or your tortoise hasn’t prepared for this hibernation I would say your instinct is right and go with number 3. I would start by getting her up two or three times daily and placing her under the heat, make sure the room is bright as well as the light on the table. What are the tem...

Hi Steve. Just to let you know that I don’t think you can see Facebook pages unless you have one yourself. We do also advertise them on the forum rehoming page so keep watching that. I must say that I am unlike Nina I not biased with tortoises - :lol: they are all lovely to me, especially the Herman...

Hi Steve, I must agree with Nina that your enclosure looks amazing and as she has given you the answers to your questions I won’t do the same. What I will ask though is that you don’t buy a tortoise because there are so many that needs rehoming. We get them on our Facebook page almost daily and one ...

Please be aware that Facebook and The Tortoise Table do not allow any money to change hands during the rehoming process and any detrimental comments will be removed. Parsnip is a 7 year old Horsfield from Shrewsbury who is needing a loving family (or person) to take over his care. He is a lovely hea...

You would have thought the water companies would clear the dirt before it leaves their companies
Lin

I hope the other three make it good at the end Phil.
Lin

That’s lovely Phil, and a very happy Christmas to you and your family and the tortoises from me too. Xx

Lin

Hiya, sorry I don’t know your name, but thanks for contacting us. The lovely Margies, beautiful tortoises aren’t they. After reading your message the first thing I would suggest is because you have only had them for what must be around 6 months it is not advisable to hibernate until they have been i...

Sadly, the lovely Wilson, 5 year old male Horsfield needs to find a home where he will be loved for and given the care he deserves. He eats a fresh wild diet and when it’s unavailable he will eat Floretti salad mix or something similar grabbed from the supermarket. Wilson just loves to roam around t...

I have one of those, they really are nice.

Lin

Hi Emma.
Nina will be along to answer you as soon as she gets a chance.

Lin

Meet the lovely Sheldon, a male Sulcata of approx 18 years whose care was taken over 11 years ago after being submitted to a vet in poor emancipated condition aged approx 7 years. He weighs over 31kg (yes, that’s almost 5 stone at last weighing 😍) and can be collected from Suffolk. Sheldon has now m...

Hi Phil As far as I am aware isopods are used as a clean up crew, eating dead vegetation and the fungus gnat eggs. Yes, a tortoise will most probably eat them if they come across any and even get some excercise whilst hunting for them but I wouldn’t overdo then or use as a food because as we know th...

I agree Phil.
To stand by and watch this happen without research is despicable.
Poor little thing and you can even see a look of confusion on hos poor little face.
Lin

Wow, the list of speakers is looking interesting for the European Turtle Alliance Conference this November, it might be worth you going.

Lin

Speedy is a 4 year old male Hermann, located near St Peters in Worcester, (owner is willing to deliver if the right person is found within a reasonable distance). Speedy is out growing his indoor tortoise table and has started constantly trying to escape, so a new build was in the pipeline with a mu...

Hi Phil. I confess too, to only using rain and tap water.
Lin

Or you could try the sundew carnivorous plants Phil, Drosera species. They are amazing for those little flies and if you just place a few around the top of your enclosure I’m sure it will do the trick and you will never get it stuck in your hair like a flypaper 😂 They are easy to grow and if you kee...

Please be aware that Facebook and The Tortoise Table do not allow any money to change hands during the rehoming process. Coco is a lovely male Horsfield of around 13 years old residing in Frome, Somerset,, but sadly the owners have had to make the heartbreaking decision that Coco deserves better tha...

We have an 8 year old male Horsfield from London, whose owner, although heartbroken, would love to see him settled into a loving caring home while she is still able because of her own health and is finding it becoming more and more difficult to care for Lilleggs. Lilleggs diet consists of a mixed he...

Oh my! What a beauty he is. The grass and a bit of moss wouldn’t be harmful to Gonzales, some species that don’t usually eat grassed do take a liking to it. I know Nina’s two horsfields readily eat grass. 😂 , and I doubt the earth would be a problem either in the wild they would encounter it and if ...

Ooh, I had one of those. I think it’s still in a box in the shed from when we moved. Aren’t they cute.

Lin