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- 28 Jan 2024, 16:10
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Home built table
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3449
Re: Home built table
That all sounds perfect to me! If you get a thermometer similar to the one I gave the link to, you can hang that down to shell level, and to be able to see the maximum and minimum temperatures reached is very useful. The small thermometer on the wall at the cool end will be fine for measuring the te...
- 28 Jan 2024, 13:49
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Home built table
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3449
Re: Home built table
Hi Stevie, That is looking good -- really excellent! Just a couple of questions: 1. What is the circular thing attached over the table and half-way down -- is it a light? Very high tech looking! 2. I like the little upper level and the ramp -- what is it made of, and is it easily removable (just ask...
- 27 Jan 2024, 22:20
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: New owner of Horsfield tortoise
- Replies: 27
- Views: 73492
Re: New owner of Horsfield tortoise
Hi Steve, We've definitely got it noted down that you're looking for a tortoise in the West Yorkshire area, so fingers crossed! It's getting a bit confusing, though, having two different subjects being discussed in this thread, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what you've created for this li...
- 27 Jan 2024, 15:10
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: New owner of Horsfield tortoise
- Replies: 27
- Views: 73492
Re: New owner of Horsfield tortoise
Hi Emma, Thanks for the photo, but I do think it's too soon to sex him/her. The cloaca is slightly more in the shape of a dash (females have round cloacas, shaped like asterisks and the cloaca of males is more of a slit shape and is a bit further towards the tip of the tail, whereas Kimchi's seems t...
- 26 Jan 2024, 09:26
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: New owner of Horsfield tortoise
- Replies: 27
- Views: 73492
Re: New owner of Horsfield tortoise
Hi Emma, and thanks for the update. Did I ever respond to your original post? I can't tell when it was sent because it's been updated with your P.S. but it doesn't look as if I did respond (I was away in Morocco from 14th - 28th December, and wasn't really on top of things), and I'm really sorry! Re...
- 25 Jan 2024, 08:31
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Is my tortoise's shell ok?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1938
Re: Is my tortoise's shell ok?
Hi and welcome to The Tortoise Table, I can understand why you are wrorried. Can you tell us what species your turtle is? Is it a land animal (tortoise), or does it live partly in water (turtle)? If you can send us a photo of her, showing all of her, and also a close-up photo of the white spots then...
- 23 Jan 2024, 10:13
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: travelling in a car with Herman tortoise
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1982
Re: travelling in a car with Herman tortoise
Hi Shousho, and thanks for contacting us. This is a difficult one, and different people will have different opinions. Many people would say that a 2 hr journey in a car, there and back, twice a month is a bit too much, as a tortoise will find that stressful. If it were the odd journey, and not very ...
- 18 Jan 2024, 11:19
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Plant App
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18725
Re: Plant App
As Phil said, there is a free version of it.
Nina
Nina
- 17 Jan 2024, 20:44
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Accidental hibernation 3 days in
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3390
Re: Accidental hibernation 3 days in
Hi Sunshine, I agree with Lin that it would be better to keep her awake now, and then prepare in good time for hibernation next winter. Is she currently in the house? The only reason I ask is that it is very unusual for the temperature in a house to drop to as low as 5C. I have areas of my house tha...
- 17 Jan 2024, 09:41
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Tortoise food
- Replies: 4
- Views: 17951
Re: Tortoise food
You should definitely not feed your Leopard tortoise maggots, worms, or pureed pork. There is a difference between tortoises and turtles: tortoises are animals that live on land and turtles live in the water. Your Leopard tortoise needs to have a diet that is over 70% grass and the rest can be other...
- 10 Jan 2024, 08:42
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Our Hermann tortoise has lost weight
- Replies: 1
- Views: 20796
Re: Our Hermann tortoise has lost weight
Hi Steve, Congratulations on giving a home to a little Hermann's tortoise, and it is a great relief to know that you have him in a tortoise table, rather than a vivarium. Your photos weren't attached to your message (you need to attach them, reduced in size, and then click on the Place Inline instru...
- 08 Jan 2024, 20:01
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Steepness of ramp?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 47941
Re: Steepness of ramp?
OK, thanks, and we'll note that and let you know if a suitable tortoise becomes available.
Nina
Nina
- 08 Jan 2024, 13:08
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Steepness of ramp?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 47941
Re: Steepness of ramp?
Hi Steve, I agree with Lin that rehoming is far better than buying, because most tortoises in pet shops are captive bred abroad and imported into the UK, which is stressful for them. Welcome to the club -- I don't do Facebook either (I do have a page but never look at it). You can still look at the ...
- 08 Jan 2024, 09:43
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Steepness of ramp?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 47941
Re: Steepness of ramp?
Hi Steve, 2' x 4' will be absolutely fine for a young tortoise (my Doris was in a 2' x 4' wire frame guinea pig cage for four or five years to begin with0, and if it's a Horsfield or Hermann's it should last for quite a while (lol, dont' get a Testudo graeca, Leopard or Sulcata tortoise as they grow...
- 07 Jan 2024, 21:35
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Steepness of ramp?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 47941
Re: Steepness of ramp?
That is going to be a superb table, Steve! It's hard to tell the steepness of the ramp from your photo, but they can take it fairly step, as long as what they are walking on has traction so that they don't slip. Those little bars that you've put across the ramp will help a lot. I have roofing felt (...
- 05 Jan 2024, 22:12
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Maintaining temperature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 27589
Re: Maintaining temperature
Absolutely brilliant! Such a super table you've created for Truck -- loads of interest and things to climb up, over and walk around and under -- and I love that little sign 'Truck Lives Here'. You should be so proud of yourself, Amanda, and I'm sure that anyone reading this thread will be inspired b...
- 05 Jan 2024, 19:08
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Maintaining temperature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 27589
Re: Maintaining temperature
Hi Amanda, Yes, as long as your basking light doesn't put out UVB you can lower it to get the temperature higher. It's amazing that a 150W bulb at that distance isn't giving you the right temperature, but I wouldn't worry too much as 27C isn't terrible -- it just isn't ideal. And of course the weath...
- 04 Jan 2024, 17:21
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Maintaining temperature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 27589
Re: Maintaining temperature
Hi Anandita. Happy New Year to you and Truck! So sorry to be late in responding to your post, but I spent Christmas in Morocco and only got home on the 29th (and it's taking me a while to catch up on everything that came in while I was away). What a super Christmas present you gave to Truck, and I'm...
- 21 Dec 2023, 10:29
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Safe logs / bits of wood
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9704
Re: Safe logs / bits of wood
Hi, and sorry to be so late in replying to your question. You’ve got some great ideas for.presents, and a log or piece of wood from your garden is a great idea. Tortoises like nothing better than to clamber over rocks and logs, and they help to enrich the environment for them. It’s very unlikely tha...
- 17 Dec 2023, 16:30
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Hibernation update....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11013
Re: Hibernation update....
Hi Emma,
Sounds like a perfect hibernation to me! They do move around quite a bit in hibernation, especially at the beginning, so Penny is doing fine. Have a lovely Christmas!
Nina (in sunny Morocco, where I’m spending Christmas with family).
Sounds like a perfect hibernation to me! They do move around quite a bit in hibernation, especially at the beginning, so Penny is doing fine. Have a lovely Christmas!
Nina (in sunny Morocco, where I’m spending Christmas with family).
- 11 Dec 2023, 09:50
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Allergic to my tortoise???
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9225
Re: Allergic to my tortoise???
I think it is much more likely that your allergic reaction is to something other than the tortoise. Is there anything else that could have triggered that reaction (change of detergent, a particular food that you might be allergic to)? I have just checked some veterinary handbooks and it seems that t...
- 10 Dec 2023, 20:57
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Thank you to the team
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13719
Re: Thank you to the team
Thank you much, Phil, and what a wonderful card -- I absolutely love it! Many happy wishes to you, your wife, and the incredible Shelly and Skippy, and I hope you all have a wonderful first Christmas together! It is such a pleasure corresponding with tortoise keepers like you, who want only the best...
- 10 Dec 2023, 09:49
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Hibernation update....
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9309
Re: Hibernation update....
Hi Emma, It's great to know that Penny is settling into her hibernation better than she did last time (they do like to keep us on our toes -- and anxious and stressed -- I think). Re opening the door -- just wafting it for 10 or 15 seconds is fine -- you just want a bit of an exchange of air, and I ...
- 08 Dec 2023, 19:04
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: New owner - marginated tortoises hibernating help!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 17609
Re: New owner - marginated tortoises hibernating help!
Aren't they lovely! And super names too -- thanks for the photos.
Nina
Nina
- 04 Dec 2023, 12:04
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: New owner of Horsfield tortoise
- Replies: 27
- Views: 73492
Re: New owner of Horsfield tortoise
Hi Abbey and Bubbles and sorry to be late in responding to your post. Congratulations on getting your little Horsfield, and I love the name Bubbles! It's a bit difficult for me to say what might be wrong with Bubbles, as it seems from what you described that you've got a good set-up and the temperat...