The Tortoise Table

Phil I have to say you are fast becoming the perfect tortoise keeper. I congratulate you.
Looking forward to some good news when we next hear from you.

Lin

Hold on Phil. Nina and I are conversing.
Don’t buy anything yet.

Lin

What a lovely tortoise Twiggles is, a female Horsfield of 5 years old from West Dunbartonshire.  She has been a school tortoise for about a year and is now in the care of a ‘foster home’, shall we say because it isn’t necessary to leave her in the school now the caregiver has retired. So, through no...

Hi Phil.
It’s just a hierarchy/ dominance thing. They will be fine until we know for definite what the sex is.

Lin

Exactly as they should behave Phil. You’re doing a lovely job and these two are so cute. How lucky are they to be with you.

Lin

Hi Phil
If he has nowhere to go to warm up then I would put him out but keep watch for when he slows down and bring him in to warm up. He can go out again if he warms up though.
Lin

Responded to Emily in a private mail.
Lin

Hi Emily You can contact Dana yourself and ask about Sheldon, but it is a post from a year ago. The email address is in the main post above and I will also contact them and give the heads up that you will be contacting them and to lookout for your message. If I hear anything back I will let you know...

It is with great sadness that Koopa’s owners are looking for a loving home for him., Koopa is a male Horsfield, 8 years old from Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes and he has an adventurous personality. He is small but healthy and has had no previous health problems. He eats a high fibre diet, wholly ...

Aww, that’s lovely. She is a beauty as well.

Lin

Hi Phil. This is what we advise Amber with a green square indicates that you can feed the plant in moderation. You could feed these in small amounts every day, or several times a week. The choice is yours. Thanks for the link. I have just realised you have been here a while. Enjoy this heat and I ho...

Hi Phil, thanks for contacting us and on getting a new tortoise. Do you know what species it is and how old. If you don’t know send us a photo and we will be able to send you a caresheet if you would like one. Regarding the amounts we say to feed in our database you can find here if you scroll down ...

Hi Yes, I caught it that time, thanks for your patience and perseverance It sounds like a squeak and I don’t think it’s anything to be concerned about. It could be part of the beak rubbing so it might be a matter of looking closely and waiting to try a detect what part of the beak it’s coming from, ...

I must echo Nina’s comments and thanks for caring for Mort and your lovely words about our website.
Mort is a very handsome young man and as his age is only a guess he looks amazing. Well done for taking him on and we are here if you need to ask anything.

Lin

Hiya, congratulations on becoming a new tortoise owner and what a lovely little one Terry is. I couldn’t really hear the noise Terry was making but do you find he does it mostly when you’re looking at him or you’re nearby, perhaps made a louder than normal noise. The reason I ask this is because a n...

Hiya Anandita. I was hoping you were going to say Chloramphenicol, it’s perfect (I use it on my own eyes) and it does come in drops form and I find they are much easier to administer and so much less stressful. A vet will also prescribe it for runny nose issues. I’m just going to look at the photo a...

Hi Anandita, Truck is a cutie all wrapped up nice and snug. I don’t know if I am imagining it but is there a little mark where I have circled it on Trucks photo? I would also say keep on with the get but I do think drops would absorb better. What is the gel called? As for the substrate - this was po...

It might be interesting for you to know that the uv measuring system from 1 to 10 in England was actually 6 on Thursday. Even though it was dull, overcast and cloudy. Today with the sunshine in the south east it was between 3 and 5. The strength of the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation is expressed a...

Hi Phil, Yes, those that have tortoises indoors in an open top enclosure usually spot clean daily and give it a substrate change and thorough clean once a month or so. A little tip is if you bath a tortoise in nice warm water for around 20 mins it will usually do the deed while in the bath making it...

Hi Peanut (it would be good if we knew your real name, and please don’t say peanut or I will be so embarrassed. Welcome and congratulations on your new Horsfield and well done for only using one ‘e’. You might get some tips from this caresheet and if you go through the menus at the top of this websi...

We have a male Testudo greaca Ibera (T.g.i) in Driffield, E. Yorkshire, named ’Fhuair (Scottish Gaelic meaning ‘found’; pronounced ‘Hoo-ar’) because he was found wandering in 1975, and placed carefully in a box and left on the doorstep of a local well known ‘Good Samaritan’ who has looked after him ...

Pebbles (smallest approx 12 years old) and Trouble (largest, approx 10 years old) are both male Hermann tortoises based at Staffordshire Moorlands area of the Peak National Park. and are being looked after by a kindly neighbour because of the owner’s ill health. This arrangement was only temporary u...

I think you got it right saying about the sun, whenever we get it! It’s being a bit slow this year but I hope we get a bit more than the week or two we had last month. I think Trucks enclosure is looking great and you will have one happy tortoise when he gets to try it out and it might be a good ide...

I can’t see it now, so hopefully it is.
Lin

Would you be able to post a photo with the tail in its normal state.

Lin