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by Flora
03 Jun 2020, 19:38
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Increase in activity
Replies: 2
Views: 3968

Re: Increase in activity

Thank you Nina! Thats really reassuring, its nice to see her more active :)
by Flora
01 Jun 2020, 13:42
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: Increase in activity
Replies: 2
Views: 3968

Increase in activity

Hi everyone! I have had my horsefield tortoise since last December (shes about 2yrs old) and shes been getting on well. But in the last couple of weeks shes become really active - going in her pool everyday, out basking more, actively knocking things around and snoozing out in the open. I made a lis...
by Flora
19 Jan 2020, 18:21
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: New owner - confused about UVB light
Replies: 6
Views: 9872

Re: New owner - confused about UVB light

Thank you for all your replies, we're struggling trying to work out how to hand the UVB light? We have an open tortoise table so it would need to hang off of something? So far all i have found are the tubes fitted on vivarium type things
by Flora
10 Jan 2020, 16:13
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: New owner - confused about UVB light
Replies: 6
Views: 9872

Re: New owner - confused about UVB light

Thank you for your advice, thats really useful. She came with calci-dust but as the owner didnt have a UVB light it hasn't been any use to her. Hopefully she'll start to improve straight away and recover from it
by Flora
06 Jan 2020, 14:48
Forum: General Tortoise Care
Topic: New owner - confused about UVB light
Replies: 6
Views: 9872

New owner - confused about UVB light

Hi everyone! I have just taken over ownership of my friend's sisters tortoise as she was giving her away on facebook and i suspected she wasn't being looked after properly. She is a 2yr old (approx) Russian tortoise. We took her to the vets and he is happy with her weight (200g) and 3 1/2" but ...