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- 02 Jun 2020, 13:02
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Sex of my marginated tortoise and extra advice needed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 25387
Re: Sex of my marginated tortoise and extra advice needed
Hmm, this is a difficult one. The cloaca looks sort of slit shaped, which would indicate a male, but the tail doesn't look big enough. Could we have some more photos -- showing the underside and the tail extended like the one you've posted, but in the one you posted of the whole underside I couldn't...
- 01 Jun 2020, 22:06
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Roses yes or no?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5258
Re: Roses yes or no?
That's great, Nic -- and if you ever want a plant identified then just send us some photos of it (the whole plant growing, in situ, plus close-ups of flowers, seed heads, etc., and we'll do our best to put a name to it. You'd probably be amazed at how many things are growing in your garden that can ...
- 01 Jun 2020, 20:37
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Thank you Nina
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3154
Re: Thank you Nina
Oh my goodness, you've made me blush! Sarah, it's people like you, who are so passionate about their tortoises and will work so hard to give them a good life, that makes all the work we do worthwhile. I so enjoyed talking with you today. I think you're great, and I know that Lord Voldetort is going ...
- 01 Jun 2020, 19:22
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Roses yes or no?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5258
Re: Roses yes or no?
Hi Nic, That's odd as we have two entries for Rose on the database. Here is the one for Wild Rose https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/plant-database/viewplants/?plant=290&c=4#.XtVFrMB7m9s and here's a link to the one for ordinary cultivated roses: https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/plant-databa...
- 01 Jun 2020, 16:34
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Really concerned
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5533
Re: Really concerned
That's a relief. I think I know what you are asking about then, and I can answer here or we can chat on the phone. I haven't had your email yet.
Nina
Nina
- 01 Jun 2020, 15:27
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Really concerned
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5533
Re: Really concerned
Hi Sarah, Thanks for sending the photos. I can't quite tell, but it looks like a reddish flush underneath several of those scutes -- is that right? If that has suddenly appeared then you need to contact a vet immediately. Do you have a good reptile vet (it must be a vet who is qualified to treat rep...
- 01 Jun 2020, 15:15
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Increase in activity
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4006
Re: Increase in activity
Hi Flora -- great to hear from you again, and also to hear that your little Horsfield is doing well. She sounds absolutely fine to me, and I'm sure her extra activity is due to the nice warm temperatures and bright sunlight that we've had for the last couple of weeks. Bright light and temperature ha...
- 31 May 2020, 12:55
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Liner for table??
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4563
Re: Liner for table??
Yes, I agree that a sheet of lino or vinyl would be better than tiles as they will leak, but it might be hard to bend up the corners. You do need a waterproof liner, though and it has the added advantage of making it much easier to clean. One of the easiest things to use is heavy plastic sheeting or...
- 31 May 2020, 12:42
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Looking to become a tortoise owner
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9434
Re: Looking to become a tortoise owner
Hi Nic, Wise words from Kimberley. She has given her little Timmie a great home. You could have a look at her original thread and scroll down to see the great tortoise table that she made for Timmie -- it's briliant https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/siteassets/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1908 and might ...
- 31 May 2020, 12:36
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: White Patches in Shell
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8530
Re: White Patches in Shell
Hi Lily, Thanks for your email with the address and the booklet will go out to you tomorrow. I think Tort is a perfectly good name and, as you say, it's not gender specific. The barrier should help a lot -- just a 1" x 6" board or something that he can't see over should do it -- he'll be h...
- 30 May 2020, 22:09
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Do I have a male or female
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3352
Re: Do I have a male or female
Hi Jack and welcome to The Tortoise Table. I've had a look at your photo, but it's really hard to tell from that one, as the tail is sort of tucked in plus there is some grass covering his cloaca. I think the tortoise is almost certainly female from the size of the tail, but I can't really see it cl...
- 30 May 2020, 10:06
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Aggressive Hermanns
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10194
Re: Aggressive Hermanns
I hope he calms down outdoors and starts eating again -- please let us know, as there are some tips for tricking him into eating if he goes for too long without. My Doris is the tortoise formerly known as Boris, for the same reasons that your Barbara became Nigel :D When he is outdoors you might not...
- 29 May 2020, 20:13
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Aggressive Hermanns
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10194
Re: Aggressive Hermanns
Hi Tim, I'm afraid that is pretty standard male behaviour, but it can also be typical female behaviour if they are about to lay eggs (and females don't need a male to produce eggs). All tortoises for some reason like bare feet -- and they go mad if you have red nail varnish on your toenails, so beca...
- 29 May 2020, 09:25
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: New bedding is this ok?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6011
Re: New bedding is this ok?
I'm not really sure. I have had topsoil from Homebase in the past and it was all right but did sometimes have little bits of stuff in it, and I've also bought some from garden centres. i think someone said that topsoil from Wicks was a bit betterthan Homebase, but that's a while ago. The thing about...
- 28 May 2020, 18:54
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: Looking to become a tortoise owner
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9434
Re: Looking to become a tortoise owner
Hi Nic, and welcome to The Tortoise Table! First of all, well done for doing your research before you get your tortoise -- so many people don't and they then run into big problems. It's also great that you are getting your tortoise from a breeder -- you should get good after-sale advice, and you mig...
- 28 May 2020, 11:56
- Forum: Mediterranean Species
- Topic: My tortoise escaped
- Replies: 38
- Views: 51706
Re: My tortoise escaped
Thanks so much for the update, Lucre, and we are hoping with you that Jeff will turn up. They are incredible escape artists though, so do remind your neighbours to keep an eye out for him. I agree that he will no doubt turn up at some point, and he will be so happy to see you again!
Nina
Nina
- 28 May 2020, 10:00
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: New bedding is this ok?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6011
Re: New bedding is this ok?
That's great that he is eating the cuttlefish -- give him a little tickle under the chin from me for doing so well. With any soil/sand based substrate (like Tortoise Life or any that you will mix up, it does get dusty, so you need to either give it a light spray every day or two, just to keep the su...
- 27 May 2020, 14:46
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Advice about puffy and closed eyes
- Replies: 71
- Views: 111925
Re: Advice about puffy and closed eyes
Hi and great to hear from you. I think this thread is pretty well finished, but if you could look at other threads here, or try posting on our Facebook page -- that gets more attention than the forum. https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheTortoise ... e_internal
Nina
Nina
- 27 May 2020, 14:37
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: White Patches in Shell
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8530
Re: White Patches in Shell
Hi Lily, I'm so glad that you are making some changes to his home (what's his name by the way?), and it's really obvious that you want the best for him. No need to worry about that temperatrue drop at night in the winter -- in their native habitat the temperature drops at night too. 17C or 18C is ab...
- 25 May 2020, 12:34
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: White Patches in Shell
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8530
Re: White Patches in Shell
Hi Lily, Thanks so much for sending the photo. You've put some nice things in that vivarium (rocks and other things to walk round and climb over), so that will provide him with interest. But there are a couple of things I would change. First of all,and sadly, vivariums are not good environments for ...
- 24 May 2020, 15:36
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Plant ID please
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5415
Re: Plant ID please
I'm so sorry that I missed this post of yours on 10th May! For some reason we haven't been notified of all new posts -- just some of them, and it's driving us crazy -- so I sat down today and looked at all the posts on the forum and have found quite a few that I hadn't seen before. Your plant looks ...
- 24 May 2020, 15:30
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Pimped up balcony enlosure
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6572
Re: Pimped up balcony enlosure
Hi Kimberley, I'm so sorry but I have only just seen this post from 13 May! For some reason I've not been receiving notifications of many (but not all) new posts, and it's driving me crazy. So I sat down today to look at all of the posts on the Forum and am finding quite a few that I have missed. Yo...
- 24 May 2020, 15:12
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: White Patches in Shell
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8530
Re: White Patches in Shell
Hi Lily and welcome to The Tortoise Table! Those marks look like keratin stress marks to me, and in general they are nothing to worry about, but they do indicate that a tortoise is growing too quickly (it also sometimes is seen in tortoises in the wild if there is a glut of food and they eat too muc...
- 24 May 2020, 14:28
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: New bedding is this ok?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6011
Re: New bedding is this ok?
Oops, I take back what I said about cuttlefish bone because I think i can see one in your photo! Tortoises sometimes won't touch cuttlefish until it's been sitting outside in the rain and elements and is getting to look all manky and horrible -- and then they devour it for some reason. If he isn't e...
- 24 May 2020, 14:26
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: New bedding is this ok?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6011
Re: New bedding is this ok?
That looks like Tortoise Life substrate, and it's perfectly fine. Tortoises will sometimes eat a bit of new substrate to test it. Tortoise Life has bits of calcium in it (the tiny white bits) and I wonder if he is going for those? Does he have another good source of calcium (cuttlefish bone, limesto...